Characters
This character hatches from a very large egg.
Uncle Beazley
Uncle Beazley is this type of dinosaur.
triceratops
This caused Ezekiel the rooster to be kept in the cellar.
loud crowing at sunrise
Reasons Nate's family encouraged him to give up on the egg.
It still hadn't hatched after 4 weeks, they didn't believe it was going to hatch, they hated to see him spend so much time on a lost cause.
Paleontologist
Dr. Ziemer
This character spends many days turning over the egg instead of fishing.
Nate
These make Uncle Beazley angry.
loud noises; cars honking
These were the sacrifices Nate made to take care of the egg.
caused Nate to lose fishing time and sleep
Name the ways people wanted to MAKE money with Uncle Beazley.
1. Use him as a mascot for a gas company.
2. Use him to make luggage.
3. Use him as mascot for a liquor company.
Newspaper owner.
Walter Twitchell
This character is a paleontologist who works in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Ziemer
He has eaten all of the grass and doesn't like hay and he is cold blooded and cannot survive a cold winter.
reason Uncle Beazley cannot stay in New Hampshire through the winter
What was the family's attitude about keeping Uncle Beazley when he first hatched?
Everyone pitched in and thought they could make it work. They divided up the responsibilities.
Student; dinosaur owner
Nate
This character secretly gets up in the middle of the night to turn over the egg.
Nate's Dad; Walter Twitchell
Uncle Beazley's home at the end of the book.
National Zoo in Washington D. C.
He was scared by a loud truck horn.
turned over the pickup truck and got the attention of the people of Washington D.C.
The reason many people protested and gave money in support of Uncle Beazley.
Nate went on TV and asked for help about Uncle
Beazley.
Lawmaker
Senator Granderson
This character tries to make dinosaurs illegal.
Senator Granderson
This flower is Uncle Beazley's favorite food.
gladiolas
Nate went to Washington D.C. to take care of Uncle Beazley and help get solve the problem of his future.
Why did Dr. Ziemer switch the speech to a blank piece of paper?
He knew Nate didn't want to say someone else's words and that Nate could convince people better by saying it from his heart.
television host
Mr. Bonelli