Meet Nilly
This is the color of Nilly's bright hair.
What is Red
Lisa is sad at the beginning of the book because this best friend moved away.
Who is Juliette?
Doctor Proctor lives in this color house at the end of Cannon Avenue.
What is the blue house (or dilapidated yellow house depending on the translation)?
The first version of the powder creates farts that are completely lacking this unpleasant feature.
What is a bad smell?
The sound made by the standard fart powder is described as sounding like this heavy vehicle.
What is a cannon (or a loud explosion)?
Nilly moves into the neighborhood carrying this musical instrument, which is nearly as big as he is.
What is a marching drum (or snare drum)?
Cannon Avenue gets its name because of a historical event involving this weapon left behind.
What is a real cannon?
Doctor Proctor is known in the neighborhood for being a crazy or eccentric one of these.
What is a professor / inventor?
This is the color of the regular strength fart powder.
What is white?
Doctor Proctor keeps his concoctions stored in these glass containers all around his cluttered lab
What are test tubes and retorts/beakers?
Nilly is unusually small for his age and wears this color uniform when playing his instrument.
What is a red uniform?
These two mean, oversized bully brothers live on the same street and pick on smaller kids.
Who are Truls and Trym?
This is the main physical feature of Doctor Proctor's hair.
What is wildly messy/sticking out in all directions?
The powerful, industrial-strength version of the fart powder is this distinct color.
What is blue?
Before testing on humans, Doctor Proctor tried his early experiments on these small garden creatures.
What are worms (or insects/frogs)?
Nilly moves into the vacant house on Cannon Avenue right before this major Norwegian holiday.
What is May 17th (Norwegian Constitution Day)?
Their mean father, who is a wealthy and unpleasant commander in the city, goes by this name.
Who is Mr. Thrane?
Doctor Proctor was originally trying to invent a cure for this common annoyance when he created the powder.
What is asthma (or intestinal gas/stomach aches)?
When Nilly first tests the regular powder in the doctor’s house, the force lifts him off of this object.
What is a chair / floor?
This is the main ingredient Doctor Proctor accidentally mixed in that gave the powder its tremendous lift.
What is industrial-grade baking soda (or rare Norwegian yeast)?
Nilly claims he can speak this unusual ability or language skill to impress others.
What is talking extremely fast / telling wild tall tales?
Lisa plays this brass instrument in the local marching band.
What is the French horn?
The long-lost love of Doctor Proctor's life, whom he still pines for, has this French name.
Who is Juliette Margarine?
Doctor Proctor hopes to sell his invention to this company or organization to make a fortune.
What is NASA (to use as rocket fuel)?
To keep the secret powder safe from thieves, Doctor Proctor hides the blue powder in an empty bottle labeled as this boring substance.
What is foot powder (or salt)?