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Chapter 4
Chapter 5-7
Chapter 8-12
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What role are The Souls training Ginger for?
What is Sandy in the school production of Annie
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How does Mrs. Olinski feel when she sees Margaret Draper and Izzy Diamondstein hugging their grandchildren?
Jealous, Pain, Rage
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Why won't The Souls practice for the Academic Bowl on Saturday afternoons?
They have tea at Sillington House every Saturday at 4 pm.
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“You must know of something’s existence before you can notice its absence. So it is with The Souls. They found on their journeys what you found at Sillington House.” What did The Souls and Mrs. O find?
What is kindness in themselves and others
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Who's dog played the alternate Sandy in the school production of Annie?
Who is Michael Froelich's dog, Arnold
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What does Hamilton Knapp do to Mrs. Olinski on the first day of class to purposely hurt her?
He asks her to write higher on the board so that he can see (when he knows that she is unable to since she is confined to a wheel chair)
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According to Mrs. Olinski, what separates malice from mischief?
Mischeif behavior is playful; malice has a "mean quality" and it's done to intentionally hurt someone
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What surprising information does Mr. Singh seem to know about Mrs. O even though she never told him.
He knows that she was going to choose Hamilton Knapp instead of Julian to be on the team.
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Identify the speaker: "I told our couach that she could expect to be hung if she lets your sixth grade grunges beat us out" (134).
Who is Mr LeDue (principal of Knightsbridge Middle School)
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What connection does Mrs. Olinski have to Margaret Draper?
Margaret was the principal at the school during Mrs. O's first year of teaching.
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Who does Mrs. Olinski originally consider selecting as the 4th member of her Academic Bowl team and why does she change her mind?
Who is Ham -- when she finds out that he caused the huge disturbance at the school play she decides to pick Julian instead
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Why is it important for Mrs. Olinski to have tea at Sillington House and why must she drink it slowly?
The tea has a healing affect on her--she can feel the resentment and jealousy and hurt lift from her shoulders while she is there. Drinking it slowly is symbolic of the idea that it will take time for her to completely heal from the emotional and physical damage the accident has caused her.
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What do the members of Century Village do to help out Mrs. Olinksi's Academic Bowl team?
They design shirts with a noose to sell and raise money for buses that can transport Epiphany students to Albany to watch the regional championships.
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Idenitfy the speaker: "I was glad I had chops. Gopal would forgive me" (118).
Who is Julian
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Why do all of the sixth grade Epiphany students pin rope to their shirts after The Soul's defeat the Knightbridge team?
Mr. LeDue, the Knightbridge principal, was so confident that his team would beat Mrs. O's 6th graders that he had threatened his own coach that she would be hung if they lost.
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What object helps The Souls realize that they want to help Mrs. Olinski learn to "stand on her own two feet" again?
What is the ivory monkey.
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What reason does Mrs. Olinski have for originally not considering Julian for her team? When does she change her mind about him?
She says he is "an island unto himself" meaning she doesn't view him as a team player (121). At Sillington House when she sees how well The Souls interact with each other, she realizes that Julian is her final team member.
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Why does Mrs. Olinski invite Hamilton Knapp and Jared Lord to the front of her classroom?
She asks them to teach the class how to burp -- she does this to embarrass them so they will hopefully not disrupt her class again
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"For many months you have been in a state of perpetual preparation and excitement...Now you must put down your anchor, look around, enjoy this port of call. Your stay will be brief. You must do it, Mrs. Olinski." (155-156) What is Mr. Singh trying to explain to Mrs. O using his sea voyage metaphor?
explaining why she feels a sense of loss even though she has just won explaining how it's normal to feel bittersweet when a much anticipated journey comes to an end, but it's important to enjoy the victory while it lasts and then prepare to move on to new destinations/goals/achievements
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Explain 2 ways in which the book Alice in Wonderland plays an important role in this story.
-Julian uses the book to invite the Souls to tea that first time. -Maxwell incorrectly identifies this as the book from which Humpty Dumpty comes from (the correct answer is Through the Looking Glass)
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What does Julian do at the end of Chapter 4 to show that he has "chops"?
He drops the drugged dog biscuits onto Ham's lap in front of his own mather, letting Ham know that he was aware of the cruel trick he had planned to carry out.
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What two words does Julian offer as acronymns in his answer during the Academic Bowl and what doe they stand for?
POSH - Port Out, Starboard Home TIP - To Insure Promptness
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Mr. Signh tells Mrs. O that each of the children have returnred from a journey. What journeys did each of the children return from?
Noah - Century Village Nadia - Sargasso sea Ethan - School Bus Julian - Around the World --> School/Epiphany
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"All the king's horses and all the king's men could not have done for Mrs. Eva Marie Olinski what the kindness of four sixth-grade souls had" (159). From what book was this quote taken and how does it apply to Mrs. Olinski's life?
Through the Looking Glass - In the book, the king's horses and men have to mend Humpty Dumpty after his accident; this quote suggests that the only people who could have healed Mrs. O of her pain from the accident is the four Souls.
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What does Nadia refer to Ginger as on several occasions throughout the story?
What is "a genius"