Characters
Setting
Plot
Vocabulary
Tiny Details
100
What are the names of the main brother and sister in this novel?
Buddy and Liz
100
What is the name of Captain Crackstone's Ship?
The Laughing Mermaid
100
Why are Buddy and Liz orphans?
Their parents died in a plane crash.
100
What is a simile? Give an example.
A comparison of two things, using the word "like" or "as" Ex: Her eyes were as big as two moons.
100
In the beginning of the book, Buddy pretends to talk to his dead ancestor through what item?
Trumpet
200
What is Captain Crackstone's real name?
Captain John Stebbins
200
Where are Buddy and Liz from?
San Diego, California
200
Liz and Buddy end up in different places when they go through the 13th floor. Where do they end up? Liz ends up _________ Buddy ends up ______________
Liz ends up in a barn Buddy ends up on the Laughing Mermaid
200
Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word. Pg 12: "Can't we just keep selling stuff?" I asked. "But we're running out of family ______________." She gave a little laugh. "We may have to sell off your model airplanes next." You must spell the word correctly
HEIRLOOMS
200
What is the name of the barrel at the top of the mast on a ship? (Hint: Where Buddy thought Liz was hiding, and later, where Abigail was hiding)
Crow's Nest
300
What is the full name of Captain Crackstone's god-daughter?
Abigail Parsons
300
What is the name of Captain Scratch's ship?
The Bloody Hand
300
What is the outcome of the trial against Abigail Parson's?
She is found NOT GUILTY
300
What is the name of the place where people are hung?
Gallows
300
What name does Captain Crackstone have for his treasure?
Red Sea Treasure
400
What is the name of the man who first found Buddy about the ship?
Mr. Dashaway
400
Where do Buddy and Captain Crackstone land after being stuck adrift at sea?
Boston Harbor
400
Fill in the blank: Once they are back in the 20th century, Buddy and Liz find out that Captain Crackstone's treasure was buried under _______________
The Statue of Liberty
400
Fill in the sentence with the correct vocabulary word and spell it correctly. Captain Crackstone _________ed the map in his trumpet.
CONCEAL
400
What is Captain Crackstone's son's name?
Tobias
500
What are the names of the brothers that help Captain Crackstone in Boston?
Silvernail Brothers
500
What is the name of the place where Buddy and Liz entered the 13th floor?
The Zachary Building
500
Why don't Buddy and Liz have to sell their parent's house at the end of the book?
They sold the coin in Captain Crackstone's trumpet for a lot of money.
500
What is the name of the board that people get locked into with their heads and hands for humiliation? Spelled correctly
Pillory
500
When Captain Crackstone first sees Buddy, he calles him a stowaway, and asks if Buddy got on this ship in _____________. In which country does he think Buddy entered the ship?
Madagascar