MATH TEST
The protagonist's age at the start of his trip
What is 17 years old?
The names of the giraffes
What are Boy and Girl?
(Later, Lofty and Patches)
The first catastrophic event for the giraffes
What is the hurricane that damages the ship carrying the giraffes?
Location of the harbor where the giraffes are brought amid the storm
What is New York?
Red's reason to hide from law enforcement
What is being a runaway wife and car thief?
The year this story takes place
What is 1938?
The full name of the protagonist
What is Woodrow Wilson Nickel?
Woody follows the rig until something happens that allows him to be the driver.
What is the previous driver running away, spooked by a kick from the giraffes?
Birthplace of the protagonist
What is the Texas Panhandle or the Dust Bowl?
Woody's reason to hide from law enforcement
What is a shoot-out with his father and his father's subsequent suicide?
The year this book was published
What is 2021?
Red's given name
What is Augusta (Lowe)?
Animal abuser who tries to buy, then steal the giraffes
Who is Percival, owner of the traveling circus?
Final destination for the giraffes
What is the San Diego Zoo?
The person Woody wants to share his story with before he dies
Who is Red's daughter?
Approximate number of miles in this cross-country trek
What is 3,000?
The man in charge of the giraffes
Who was Riley Jones?
In real life, Charley Smith, San Diego's head zoo-keeper
Part 1: Natural disaster that happens when the rig is in Texas near Woody's birthplace
Part 2: The person who saves them
Part 1: What is a flash flood?
Part 2: Who is Red?
Woody's final home
What is a nursing home in San Diego?
(near the zoo)
The director of the destination zoo for the giraffes
Who is Mrs. Belle Benchley?
The number of days the cross-country trip took
What is 12 or 13?
(3,000 mi / 13 da = 231 mi a day
231 mi a day / 30mph = 8 hrs driving a day)
The black family who gets the rig back on the road.
Who are the Jacksons?
This person threatens the lives of Woody, the Old Man, Red and the giraffes
Who is Cooter, the owner of the roadside wildlife zoo?
Location of train station where Woody was to meet Red
What is Phoenix?
The port where the giraffes began their travels
What is (British East) Africa? Now Kenya