Adam rides his bike from Monument, Massachusetts to ______, ______.
Rutterberg, Vermont
100
_____ steals Adam's bike
Junior Varney
100
The package Adam carries for his father contains...
Pokey the Pig
100
When Adam looked in his father's locked files he found...
two birth certificates, both for him (Adam)
100
The word "random" would be what part of speech?
"Random" is an adjective
200
Who do we learn at the end of the book is #2222?
Mr. Grey
200
Explain the distinction between "Paul" and "Adam"
Paul Delmonte is a child who has to change his name to Adam Farmer once his family enters the Witness Protection Program. They're the same person, but "Adam" is a fake name
200
The old man in Aswell advises Adam to watch out because
a) people can forge anything these days
b ) you can't tell the good guys from the bad
C ) there is no privacy anymore
D ) all of these
D
200
Mrs. Famer's weekly phone calls were disturbing to Adam because....
his mother was speaking to her sister, and up until this point, Adam believed he had no other relatives
200
What was the name of the man who exposed the secrets of the National Security Agency and is now forced to live in Russia because he is barred from entering the US? We watched a video about him in class.
Edward Snowden
300
When Adam finally gets to "Rutterberg" we realize what...?
"Rutterberg" is actually a mental institution and Adam has been living a fantasy during his bike ride. He's insane.
300
What transition best describes Brint as the story unfolds?
a) kindly psychiatrist to impatient interrogator
b ) confident doctor to bewildered doctor
c ) clever investigator to ruthless questioner
d ) concerned helper to supportive rescuer
C
300
Why do you think (psychologically speaking) that Adam has so many close calls and incidents during his fantasy bike ride?
It might show the trauma inside him from when his parents were killed in an automobile accident
300
True of False: 1. Amy was part of the conspiracy
1. False
300
What was the very last word in the novel?
pedaling :)
Double Jeopardy!!! :The point value for this question will double if your entire team stands and (somewhat quietly) sing "The Farmer in the Dell"
400
Adam pounded on the hotel door and begged to be let in because ...
A) he was begging to go back to his last happy moments with his parents
B) he could see there were vacancies but nobody would answer the door
C) he was symbolically "pounding" on the door to his buried memories
D) he thought his parents were inside
A
400
Who was Luke?
In the fantasy he is waiter in the restaurant, but in real life he is the switchboard officer at the hospital. (I will take either or both of these answers)
400
Why did Mr. Farmer agree to testify in the trial against corruption?
He was a very responsible citizen and believed in doing the right thing
400
Mr. Farmer's love of books can best be explained by the fact that he....
Was a writer and journalist before he entered the Witness Program.
400
Who was Adam's and his father's favorite author?
Thomas Wolfe
500
If Adam's father had not testified, what statement about Adam would most likely be true?
A ) he would have end up in a mental institution anyway since he was unstable
B ) he would have grown up in Blount and planned to become a writer
C ) he and Amy would have gotten married
D ) He would have become a psychiatrist
B
500
This person was the old man in Aswell who gave Adam the map, but was the maintenance map with the veiny face at the hospital
Mr. Harvester
500
What surprised Adam ABOUT HIMSELF regarding the incident of Amy's father having a visitor from Rawlings, PA?
He lied to Amy and was surprised at how easily and instinctively he could lie
500
Name 3 of Amy's "Numbers" activities
changing signs on the doors of rooms at the Holiday Inn, filling carts at the grocery store and abandoning them, turning on all the windshield wipers and radios of cars in a church parking lot
500
What letter does not appear on the Periodic Table of Elements?