Squirrel Poet
Tootie reads a Rilke poem to Ulysses: “‘You, sent out beyond your recall, / go to the limits of your longing. / Embody me. / Flare up like _____ / and make big shadows I can move in.”
flame
Why do you think Flora likes "Incandesto" and "Terrible Things Can Happen To You!" so much?
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banished
"Do not hope; instead, observe"
Dr. Meescham says that _________ "makes us do terrible things."
loneliness
the first "word" Ulysses types
squirtle
What is the big event happening in Flora's life?
her parents are getting divorced
What's he talking about when he says “They’ve been glued to my head by evil forces beyond my control"?
his glasses
the parrot's name
Dolores
what Flora tells Ulysses whenever he's in trouble
"Remember who you are"
turn back toward you
Why does Flora hate Mary Ann, the sheperdess lamp, so much?
Flora's mother talks about how beautiful the lamp is and how much she loves the lamp, but she never says the same things about Flora
“I am at the mercy of the winds of _____" (a four-letter word for destiny)
fate
the issues that warn about the dangers of the world
Terrible Things Can Happen to You
“Your father is very _______ of heart,” said Dr. Meescham. “Do you know what this means?”
Flora shook her head.
“It means the heart of George Buckman is large. It is capable of containing much joy and much sorrow.”
capacious
“I love your round head,
the brilliant green,
the watching blue,
these letters,
this world, you.
I am very, very ______.”
hungry
Dr. Meescham calls Flora "little _______," because of her name
flower
“The blind,” said William Spiver, “even the temporarily blind, have an excellent sense of _____.”
smell
the Amazing Incandesto's real name
Alfred T. Slipper
What does Flora's dad say every time he sees people?
"George Buckman. How do you do?"
Ulysses is named after what machine?
vacuum cleaner
Flora describes herself as a _______ (a person who is pessimistic or unhopeful)
cynic
Ulysses thinks, "William Spiver says that the universe is _______. That means there will be more of everything! More cheese puffs, more jelly sandwiches, more words, more poems, more love. And more giant donuts…maybe even gianter donuts. Is gianter a word? It should be."
expanding
janitor
what Flora and her dad say when they are amazed at something
"Holy bagumda!" or "Holy unanticipated occurences!"