Where does Greg's pen-pal live? p. 45
France
What assignment does Greg have due tomorrow? p. 49
book report
foreign p. 45
from another country
expert p. 50
person who knows everything about a particular subject
Who sat on the tinfoil ball? p. 45
Rowley
What is the name of the book Greg is writing his report on? p. 49
"Sherlock Sammy Does It Again"
mistake p. 47
cruel p. 54
mean
Why did Greg write in English to his pen-pal? p. 45
Because writing in a foreign language is hard, so he didn't really see the need for both of them to stress out over the whole pen-pal thing.
What was Greg's way of welcoming back Chirag? p. 52
To pretend he was still gone
relieved p. 46
no longer nervous about
pretend p. 52
act like
What does Roderick usually do when he has to write a paper? p. 46-47
He writes his paper on notebook paper and hands it off to his Dad to type it up and fix the errors.
What is Greg's secret for writing book reports? p. 49-50
Using the same story over and over again and writing what the teacher wants to hear.
"cracked" p. 49
gave in, gave up
factual p. 47
actual, backed up by facts
Why did Dad "crack" and write Roderick's paper for him? p. 48-49
What does Greg mean by "Invisible Chirag could turn into the next P.U."? p. 54
It could become a trend or popular like calling his classmate P.U. instead of his real name.
commotion p. 46
noisy disturbance
from scratch p. 47
starting over new