Aaron Reynolds
Rex Dexter first met his best friend, Darvish, in third grade. Everyone Rex knew, including Darvish, had a pet. Identify the breed of dog that Rex dreamed of owning.
Chocolate Labrador
Rex once had a pet fish from PetPlanet that lived for 27 minutes before Rex's father accidentally flushed it down the toilet. Name that fish.
Bub
Instead of the puppy he was expecting, Rex's parents gave him a chicken for his birthday as a:
Practice Pet
In Middling Falls, Rex and Darvish were approaching PetPlanet to buy chicken food and supplies when they noticed an old-style carnival game featuring:
The Grim Reaper
When Rex's pet chicken relieved itself on the game's power cord, the game came to life. For $.25, the winner's wish was granted but the loser suffered the Reaper's curse. When Rex lost the game, what did he get?
A Dead Pet
Immediately after receiving the Reaper's curse, Rex saw that his pet chicken had been flattened by a steam roller. That evening, Rex was visited by the ghost of his chicken, who said:
I Didn't Even Have a Name
Determined to call Rex his "Bestie," identify the name that Rex wanted to give his dead pet chicken. They both agreed on:
Drumstick
According to Rex, Ms. Yardley, his sixth-grade teacher, had a troubling obsession with:
Fractions
In addition to giving Darvish the special chocolate Labrador swear to convince him that his green-vapored chicken apparition was real, Rex finally convinced Darvish about this unusual situation by using:
Emotional Kinetic Discharge
Rex concluded that his ability to see and speak with the dead chicken was a result of the Reaper's curse. Identify the nickname that the chicken called Rex in Ms. Yardley's class.
Rexxie
Some of Rex's classmates read articles about current events in class. Who read the newspaper story about a rhinoceros that died in a fire at the zoo?
Holly Creskin
Rex named his new dead pet Tater Tot, who told Rex that the fire at the Middling Zoo was:
Not An Accident
Darvish figured out that the dead animals were seeking Rex's help. When Edwin Willoughby asked to borrow his math notes, Darvish had no notes because he:
Used His Spy Pen In Class
Rex named his new dead pet Sea-Monkey. After someone opened its cage, Sea-Monkey went into the Oceanarium and accidentally drowned. How did the zoo consultant, Haugtrey Vain, explain the gorilla's escape?
A Lock Failure
When Rex and Darvish interviewed Holly Creskin about the dead zoo animals, she mentioned her membership in PUPAE, People United to Protect Animals Everywhere. After Rex read the Sea-Money article in class, Holly giggled because she:
Had A Crush On Pupae's President, Talon Smithfield
While Darvish was playing Peanut Paradise in Rex's room, a dead elephant suddenly appeared. At the Spirit Summit, what did Rex and Darvish learn had happened to the elephant?
It Ended Up In A Car Crusher
Because the zoo elephant followed a trail of peanuts to its death, Rex named his newest dead pet Peanut. While listening to Sami Mulpepper's oral report in class, Rex suddenly realized that Tater Tot, Sea-Monkey, and Peanut were all:
Endangered
Later in the cafeteria, what did Sami Culpepper ask Rex if he wanted to do?
Go To The Evening Of Enchantment Dance
On Tuesday night, Rex attended a meeting of PUPAE with Holly Creskin. Rex wanted to go to this meeting in order to:
Identify The Natural Enemies of Endangered Species
When Rex asked Talon Smithfield who might be killing endangered species at the Middling Zoo, which organization did Talon speculate was responsible?
Cageless Enclosure Solutions (CES)
Haughtrey Vain, who owned the suspected organization, wanted to renovate the zoo cages to open-air enclosures, a project worth millions of dollars. Who did Rex meet at the PUPAE meeting who named Haughtrey Vain as the killer?
A Panda
Name the event that the dead animals were holding in Rex's bedroom when he returned from the PUPAE meeting.
Spa Night
Identify the weapon that was used to kill the most recent animal in Rex's collection of dead pets.
A Taser
By this time, the last endangered species still living the Middling Zoo was named:
Kou Kou
Rex told Darvish about his plan to go to the zoo and catch the supposed killer, Haughtrey Vain, with the assistance of:
Fists of Furry