Plot
Characters
Vocabulary
Sentences
Grab Bag
100

What new "everyday" challenge does Holiday have to deal with after her birthday?

She has to go to middle school.
100

What is the main thing that Holiday is trying to discover?

Holiday continues to want to know who she is, where she came from, and what her lost memories are.

100

What are the word parts (affixes, root/stem words) in "speechless"?

"Speech"

"-less" = this suffix adds the meaning of 'without'

"Speechless" means to be "without speech."

100

Is this question grammatically/structurally correct? If incorrect, please correct it.

"Where does Holiday go after school?"

This is a correct question.

100

Who does Birdie meet at soccer practice?

Birdie meets Badger, who doesn't actually have soccer practice. He keeps coming up with lies/excuses (soccer practice, seeing her at school) that Birdie gets suspicious about.

200

Where does Holiday find Cyrus at school as her hoverboard/backpack dragged her out of class?

He was running on the track for PE.

200

Describe how Holiday now feels about her 'parents.'

She doesn't trust them since they've been lying to her and are covering the truth from her while also wanting her to be honest with them. They're being hypocrites.

200

What are the word parts (affixes, root/stem words) in "disrespectful"?

"dis-" - a prefix meaning not

"respect"

"-ful" - a suffix adding the meaning of 'full of'

"Disrespectful" means "full of no respect."

200

Is this question grammatically/structurally correct? If incorrect, please correct it.

"What does Holiday on her records?"

This is an incorrect question.

It's missing what Holiday is doing for her records.

"What does Holiday use to look up her records?"

200

Why did Holiday seem annoyed at Badger when they finally found him?

She wanted to know the truth from him and he isn't giving her enough information or answering her question with another question.

300

Why did Holiday speak angrily to Cyrus when he asked if she needed help with her flying backpack?

She was already frustrated with her hoverboard misbehaving and not knowing whether to believe if Badger was telling the truth. If he was, she was angry with Cyrus lying to her about being his sister.

300

Share 2 things the audience knows about Badger and at least 1 thing that would be good to know more about him.

Any of these answers:

He has a hoverboard.

He gave Holiday her hoverboard.

He seems to have answers to Holiday's questions about herself.

He is really fast/can disappear quickly.

He is afraid of the 'Child Catchers.'

(Why is he afraid of the Child Catchers?)

(Why does Badger not tell the truth to Holiday straight?)

(How is he able to get to places so easily/quickly?)

300

What are the word parts (affixes, root/stem words) for "exposed"?

"ex" - a prefix meaning 'out'

"pose"

"-d" or "-ed" - a suffix indicating past tense

"Exposed" means "placed out" or to be in a vulnerable position.

300

Is this sentence grammatically/structurally correct? If incorrect, please correct it.

"Holiday wanted Cyrus the truth."

This is incorrect.

Holiday wanted Cyrus to tell the truth.

300

How was Badger feeling when Cyrus and Holiday found him?

Badger seemed frightened, anxious, worried.

He set traps around, yelled at Cyrus to identify himself, asked if Holiday was followed, and had a tense, anxious tone of voice. He later said the Child Catchers were looking for them.

400

Why did Cyrus decide to help Holiday?

He cares about his sister and also wants to know why James and Monica (the Anders parents) are acting weird and aren't being truthful about what more they must know about Holiday.

400

Is Birdie a threat to Holiday and her mission? Why or why not?

Birdie might be a threat and tell the Anders parents about what Holiday and Cyrus are doing. She might do this because they are shutting her out of their secret and it makes her feel left out. She's always getting shut out.


However, she might not be a threat if Cyrus and Holiday let her in as an ally.

400

What are the word parts (affixes, root/stem words) for "underestimated"?

"under-" - a prefix meaning 'below'

"estimate" - to guess

"-d" or "-ed" - a suffix indicating past tense

"Underestimated" means "guessed below" - to underestimate someone means that you thought they couldn't do what they actually can.

400

Is this sentence grammatically/structurally correct? If incorrect, please correct it.

"The parents received a call from school about Holiday."

This sentence is correct.

400

Why does Holiday think the hoverboard won't turn on when she wanted it to?

She believes Badger controls it.

500

How did Cyrus figure out how to track down Badger?

Holiday said she thinks Badger is controlling the hoverboard, so Cyrus deduced that there must be a signal to control it, and that signal must come from somewhere. He used an app that can help them track where the signal is coming from.

500

What information has Cyrus been looking for so far about the Anders parents?

He thinks it's weird they won't share any information they obviously have about Holiday.

Mr. Anders works for a military base.

Ms. Anders is a doctor - who used to work for a lab.

He thinks these are all connected.

500

What are the word parts (affixes, root/stem words) for "hypothermia"?

"hypo-" - a prefix meaning 'below' or 'beneath'

"therm" like "thermometer" or "thermonuclear" - having to do with temperature

"-ia" - a suffix making a word into a noun

"Hypothermia" means "low temperature."

500

Is this sentence grammatically/structurally correct? If incorrect, please correct it.


"Holiday and Cyrus went to find Badger until they wanted him to share the truth about Holiday."

This is incorrect.

"Holiday and Cyrus went to find Badger because they wanted him to share the truth about Holiday."

500

In these episodes, what is a main issue Holiday needs to overcome to reach her goal of trying to rediscover her lost memories?

She needs to find out who she can trust to help her.

So far, it seems only Cyrus is trustworthy. Even if it took a year, he did tell her the truth of what he knows.

She doesn't know about Badger. He is giving some answers, but not all, so she doesn't know about him yet.

She thinks Birdie can't keep a secret, so she might not trust Birdie.

She knows her parents want to stop her, so she can't trust them.