A Horse Called Elvis



A Horse Called Elvis – John Heffernan

1. Who wrote a horse called Elvis? A. John Heffernan.

2. How old is Elvis? A. Six.

3. Who is Elvis? A. A liver chestnut horse.

4. What colour is the truck that dumped the horse in the middle of the night? A. Dusty white.

5. What is the only new on the small boy going to school? A. His backpack.

6. Who did the shoes the small boy was wearing belong to? A. His brother.

7. What was the picture on the cover of the book the small boy was carrying? A. A faded picture of a boy sitting on a beach.

8. What is the small boy’s name? A. Matt or Matty.

9. What is Matty’s teacher’s name? A. Miss Barnett.

10. What does Matt see in the paddock while walking to school? A. An old horse with cracked hooves, spindling legs, bulging belly, ribs and hips, rough dull coat, matted mane, huge head with dark eyes.

11. What is the older boy, Matt’s brother’s name? A Nick.

12. What are the names of the two dogs? A. Guts and Trihard.

13. What is different about Trihard? A. He only has three legs.

14. Who is impossibly thin despite the fact that he eats voraciously? A. The dog called Guts.

15. What happened to Trihard’s fourth paw? A. He had an argument with a truck.

16. What is now in the place of Trihard’s leg? A. A bent Coca-cola can.

17. What was leaning against the wall of the north side of the house? A. A cobwebbed frame of a motorbike.

18. What was hanging between two posts in the yard? A. A hammock.

19. What did the two dogs sit on at the back of the house? A. Armchairs on the verandah.

20. What is the name of Matt and Nick’s father? A. Ray Turner.

21. What does Ray Turner say he never does? A. Give up.

22. What did Ray Turner loose in a fight? A. Two top teeth.

23. How does Ray Turner wear his hair? A. Pulled back in a ratty pony-tail.

24. What is partially visible on Ray Turner’s arm? A. A tattoo.

25. How many days did the EH run for after Ray Turner had fixed it? A. 3 days.

26. What is the yard around the Turner house filled with? A. Old cars and things that don’t go.

27. What is the name of Matt and Nick’s sister? A. Jasmine.

28. What colour is Jasmine’s hair? A. Blonde.

29. How old is Jasmine? A. 14½.

30. Who is the small stocky woman with close-cropped, mouse-coloured hair? A. Mary Turner the mother of Matt, Nick and Jasmine.

31. What does Matt call the old sick mare? A. Copper.

32. Why does Matt call the old mare Copper? A. Because she is the same colour as the old coins his father keeps in a jar.

33. How big is the old scare on Copper? A. From the fetlock on her hind leg to her rump.

34. What is the name of the car Ray Turner is working on? A. Turbo.

35. What is the name of the school the children go to? A. Werrawee Central School.

36. What is the colour of the car with the two youths smoking over the fence from Werrawee Central School? A. It is a blotchy lime green with red and yellow flames painted along the side.

37. What does the blotchy lime green car with red and orange flames have dangling from its 2 high aerials? A. Foxtails

38. Who is the principal of Werrawee Central School? A. Mr Dickson.

39. What colour is Turbo? A. Purple.

40. What was the book Nick bought home from the library? A. A picture book about mythical horses.

41. What was Matt’s father wearing when he came down for breakfast? A. Just underpants.

42. What is the name of Simon Croft’s horse? A. Lighting.

43. How many horses does Simon Croft’s father own? A. About 10.

44. What is the name of the Croft’s new foal? A. Gonzo.

45. What is the name of the boy who said all the bad things about Copper? A. Nathan Curry.

46. Who punched Matt? A. Nathan Curry.

47. What happened to Copper? A. She died giving birth.

48. What did Copper’s foal do as soon it was on its feet? A. Ran straight to Mary Turner and put its head into her dress.

49. Why did the foal run to Mary Turner? A. Because she was the only one not trying to lift it off the ground.

50. What is the name of the vet the Turner’s called? A. Mr Barry.

51. What did Mr Barry tell the Turner’s to do and why? A. To milk the dead mare because the foal needed the milk which contains colostrum to built the foals strength and immunity.

52. What trickled from Copper’s ear after she was dead? A. A trail of ants.

53. How did the Turner’s get rid of Copper? A. They burned her body.

54. In the first two weeks of life how often does a foal need to be fed? A. Every hour day and night.

55. Who slept with the foal the first? A. Ray, Matt and Nick.

56. When Mary got up early and changed into her uniform the morning after the foal was born what did she do when she went down to the shed? A. She took a photo of them all sleeping and startled the foal.

57. What did Mary say when she arrived at the shed the morning after the foal was born? A. Look at you lot.

58. When Ray said what’ll we call the foal, what did Mary say? A. Trouble.

59. What had Ray been preparing near the spare parts shed? A. A vegetable garden.

60. When Matt wasn’t at the bottom of the stairs to feed the foal what did the foal do? A. He climbed the stairs and put his head in the window.

61. When the foal’s head is in the window what happens to him? A. A horsefly bites him on the nose and falls down the stairs wriggling and writhing on the ground.

62. After the horsefly bites the foal and he is wriggling on the ground, what does Ray yell out? A. Anyone who can jive like that has got to be Elvis.

63. Why did Mary pull everyone out of bed early? A. Because Elvis the foal had pulled almost all the clothes off the line and dragged all around the yard.

64. Where had Elvis put Mary’s work uniforms? A. One was hanging from the hedge near the gate and the other one was crumbled and filthy under the clothes line.

65. What was in Elvis’s mouth at the bottom of the stairs? A. A sock.

66. Where does Mary Turner work? A. In an old people’s home.

67. How old is Elvis when he pulled the washing off the clothes line? A. 5 weeks.

68. What did Matt decide they needed to do to keep Elvis out of trouble? A. Build a yard for him.

69. Where had Mary taken up extra dance classes twice a week and coming home very late? A. Grayston.

70. On which two nights does Mary go dancing and come home late and the parents argue? A. Wednesday and Fridays.

71. What does Matt think his mother looks like when she gets dressed to go dancing? A. A princess off to a castle somewhere in a coach.

72. Why did Trihard sink his teeth into Elvis’s nose? A. Because Elvis had nudged Trihard’s coke can leg.

73. What happened when the two dogs chased after Elvis? A. Elvis fell in some rubbish behind the shed and got his foot caught in some barbed wire.

74. What did Ray do when he saw the dogs attacking Elvis? A. He picked up a piece of wood and hit them.

75. What did Ray do to Trihard after the dogs attacked Elvis? A. He punched him many times.

76. What stopped Ray from hitting Nick, after Nick had stopped Ray from punching Trihard? A. Elvis walking around them.

77. What was the job Mary arranged for Ray to work two days a week? A. Cleaning at the abattoir.

78. How did Elvis get the latch to the gate open? A. By poking the latch with his nose then using his tongue.

79. 3 weeks after the dogs had attacked Elvis and he managed to unlatch the gate where did Elvis go? A .Up the stairs and inside the house to the TV room.

80. What did Elvis do when he was in the TV room? A. He urinated on the floor.

81. When Elvis got out of his yard again and onto the road leading to school what was following him? A. A dusty white truck.

82. How many men are in the white truck? A. 2.

83. What does Mr Dickson call Elvis? A. A four-legged hurricane and a tsunami.

84. What damage did Elvis do in the school yard? A. He ate and squashed cabbages, Brussels sprouts and broke the glass of the green house.

85. After the 3 children took Elvis home from school, what did Jaz do? A. She changed out of her uniform and headed back to town.

86. How much did it cost for the new wire for Elvis’s yard? A. $160.

87. What happened when Elvis tried to jump the fence? A. He got stuck balancing on the fence till he wriggled free onto the other side of the fence.

88. What injuries did Elvis get from escaping over the fence? A. A cut on his chest, scratches on his legs and a weeping wound on his rump.

89. What trouble did Elvis cause when he went to town? A. Trampled several gardens, frightened an old lady, cracked the newsagencies front window, kicked a car, chased 2 chickens till they dropped dead and chased the postman named Marty.

90. What did they put on Elvis to stop him escaping? A. Hobbles.

91. What sort of nest did Elvis put his muzzle to close to and they climbed all over him? A. A nest of ants.

92. After Ray lost his job for punching Craig, Jaz’s boyfriend, what happened? A. Mary and Jaz moved out of the house.

93. What did Matt do after his mother and Jaz left? A. He ran away with Elvis.

94. How did Ray hurt his fists? A. He punched a tree.

95. After Mary and Jaz had been gone for 5days, Nick was sick of sausages and they had a family hug after discussing that Mary and Jaz were not coming back, what happened next morning? A. Ray had had a shower, shampooed his hair and had a shave.

96. What did Ray tell Nick his jobs around the house would be? A. The shopping, cooking, cleaning the sitting room and his bedroom.

97. What was Matt’s going to do around the house? A. Help Nick to clean the sitting room and his bedroom.

98. What would Ray be doing around the house? A. Clean the kitchen and bathroom.

99. What did they decide they would clean the next weekend? A. The verandah and the dogs.

100. What did Simon Croft talk to Matt about after school? A. Simon told Matt that his father had said that Elvis could be a very good horse if trained well and that father might train Elvis for him.

101. What happened to Elvis? A. 2 men in a white truck took him away.

102. Who does Ray ring after Elvis is taken away because he couldn’t calm Matt? A. Mary, Matt’s mother.

103. Who tells Matt that he had heard what happened to Elvis? A. Simon Croft.

104. Who turns up at the Turner house the night after Elvis disappeared? A. Mr James Croft, Simon’s father.

105. Who does Mr Croft say the white truck belongs to? A. Frank Barnes and his son.

106. What did James Croft tell Ray he would have to do to get Elvis back? A. Steal him.

107. What does Jaz’s boyfriend Craig have that might be useful to Ray and his family? A. A trailer that needs some repairs.

108. What did they have to do to the trailer before they could use it? A. They had to fix it.

109. What does Matt say the trailer looks like after they have finished painting it with the little bits of paint from the shed? A. An army vehicle.

110. What are the colours Matt and Nick use to paint the trailer? A. Green, grey, brown and yellow.

111. How many visits did Mary and Jasmine make to check out the Barnes’s place? A. Two.

112. What did Mary and Jaz see at the Barnes’s farm? A. That they loads of dogs and that they were trying to lead Elvis out of a small yard, Elvis reared up and kicked the son, the son then hit Elvis with a cane.

113. How did the Turner family dress to go get Elvis back? A. They wore the darkest clothes that they had black t shirts, skivvies, jeans and Ray covered his face with car grease.

114. Who jumped into the back seat of Turbo at the last minute? A. Guts and Trihard.

115. Where did Craig get the meat to feed the Barnes’s dogs? A. They were off cuts from the abattoir where he works.

116. What happened with the Barnes’s dogs? A. Guts and Trihard got into a fight with them.

117. When Guts and Trihard are running beside Turbo what does Ray call them? A. Useless flea-taxis.

118. Who was parked in the picnic spot a few kilometres from Werrawee at 2AM in the morning? A. Sergeant Jenkins.

119. While Sergeant Jenkins is booking Ray and Mary Turner what happens? A. The Barnes’s pull up and start accusing the Turner’s of stealing their colt.

120. What does Sergeant Jenkins say about the Turner family? A. That they are ‘A picture of perfect family harmony.’

121. What does Matt do with the picture book with the boy on the beach? A. He places in the toy box and pushes it under the bed.

Lion Boy

Who is the author of Lion Boy? A. Zizou Corder.

What is Charlies mum’s name? A. Professor Magdalen Start PHD, MD, PQRST, LPO, TP.

What is Charlie’s dad’s name? A. Aneba Ashanti.

What did Charlies mum do with the Venetian pen? A. She cautiously dipped it into the beading blood from her wound and wrote a message on a parchment.

Where did Charlies mum place the parchment she had written on with her blood? A. Behind a photo of herself and Aneba on their honeymoon in Venice on the top shelf of the dresser.

What are Charlie’s dad’s shoulders like? A. They are as wide as a small shed.

What is Charlie’s dad’s neck like? A. His neck is like a tree.

How long after Charlie’s mum wrote on the parchment did she and Aneba disappear? A.6 months.

Who gave Charlie a letter saying that his mother and father had to go away? A. Rafe.

Why are their not many petrol cars around? A. Because they were banned 15 years earlier due to the fact they caused the asthma epidemic.

Where did Rafe take Charlie after giving him the letter saying his parents had to go away? A. To a housing tower a mile from Charlies home that was cold and empty.

What are the names of the 2 people that are holding Magdalen and Aneba hostage? A. Winner and Sid.

After Charlie had escaped from Rafe and was starving what was the name of the riverside he was at? A. Thames.

What does Charlie call Thames riverside? A. Pleasure banks.

What does a river man eat for breakfast? A. Eel, gasper and sparrowfish.

What is the name of the fisher guy Charlie can see at the grill on the fishjetty? A. Mr Ubsworth.

What was Mr Ubsworth cleaning so he could grill it? A. A big old eel.

What did Mr Ubsworth give Charlie to eat? A. A toasted eel sandwich with lemon and pepper.

How huge do some eels get? A. 8 feet long.

What is Rafe’s dog’s name? A. Troy.

Who was fast asleep on the police launch in the marina? A. A policeman.

Where is the policeman going to take the boat when he wakes up? A. Geenwich.

When Charlie is lying in the bow of the boat what can he smell? A. Engine oil, canvas and turpentine.

How many times does Anaba ask Winner, who are you and where are you tasking us? A. 17.

What was Charlie doing when the police launch docked at Greenwich and than headed down to Silvertown after lunch? A. Sleeping.

Where did the cat tell Charlie he should go to find his parents? A. France.

When Charlie was feeling sorry for himself on the police launch, what was the most peculiar sound that he heard? A. Loud and raucous music coming from a crimson ship.

What does the policeguy tell the people on the crimson boat they can’t do? A. Under waterway by-rule 1783ZX you are not permitted to play music on a public waterway without a licence.

What type of boat and colour is it the police man tells that they cannot play music on the waterway? A. It is a huge, great tall wide old fashioned crimson steamer.

What is the name of the crimson steamer? A. Circe (Sirky).

What did Aneba do when the snake bit the leopard cub? A. He gave it an injection with an antidote.

What happened when Aneba injected the cub with the antidote? A. The cub scratched Charlie and Charlie and the cub’s blood mixed with each others in their bodies.

After Charlie’s blood was mixed with the leopard cubs, what could Charlie do from then on? A. He could talk to cats.

What does Wo hwene kakraka mean? A. Your nose is to big.

What does Charlie think the Ballerina’s skirt is flared out like? A. Petals on a daisy.

What language do the Ballerina and the cowboy speak? A. French.

What is sitting on the cowboy’s shoulder wearing colourful clothes? A. A monkey.

What is the cowboy’s name? A. Francis.

What is carved in gold on the door of Maestro’s cabin? A. Vines.

Why do all the ship’s cabins always have a ledge at the bottom? A. To keep shallow flood water out.

What colour is Maestro’s hair? A. Blonde.

What is Maestro wearing when Charlie first sees him? A. White breeches and a green velvet tail coat.

What colour are Maestro’s eyes? A. Piercing blue.

How tall is Maestro? A. 6½ feet.

What is Maestro’s real name and what does he do? A. Major Maurice Thibaudet (Tib oh day) and he the Ringmaster of the Crimson circus steamer.

What did Maestro ask Charlie to do in the small cabin that he managed to do without kicking anyone? A. A handstand.

What does Major Maurice Thibaudet (Tib oh day) say when Charlie asks if they arte a circus? A. We are not A circus we are The Circus, The Finest and Best, The Most Daring and The Most Astounding, The Magnificent Show on Earth.

What is the name of the circus? A. Thibaudet’s Royal Floating Circus and Equestrian Philharmonic Academy.

What are you to call the circus if you could not pronounce its name? A. Tib’s Gallimaufry.

What does the corridor on the ship smell of? A. It smells of something animal, dusty and musky.

What is the name of the Ballerina’s name? A. Pirouette.

What is the name of the man who lives with monkeys in a hammock? A. Bikabhai.

What jobs did Charlie have to do on the ship? A. Feed and clean the monkey quarters as well as mend their clothes.

How many decks are there on the circus ship? A. 3.

What was kept in the deepest hold on the ship below the water line? A. Feed for the animals.

What is kept on the second level of the ship which is on the water line? A. The animals.

What is on the upper deck of the ship which is above the water? A. The upper deck is where the humans live.

Who does Pirouette live with? A. Madame Barbue.

Who opened the door of the cabin when Charlie was looking for Pirouette? A. A Bearded Lady.

What is Charlie’s first meal on the big circus ship? A. Stew with dumplings in green peas and a piece of bread.

What did Charlie think the 10 cheerful Italians with long noses were? A. Acrobats.

Who is the tough looking short-haired man reading the newspaper at the diner table who leads the bears? A. Mr Andrews.

How many helpings of food did Hercules the strongman have? A. 3.

What do the 20 energetic cowboys do? A. Trick riding on horses.

What did Pirouette say she did when Charlie asked her? A. Trapeziorista volante.

Who is holding the big party where the circus people are to perform? A. The Imperial Ambassador.

Who is the man about 40 or so that when he enters the room everyone is calm? A. The Lion trainer Maccomo.

What are the names of the twins? A. Sara and Tara.

What is the password to enter the twin’s cabin? A. Bucket.

What is the name of the curly headed boy? A. Julius.

What was the name of the boy covered in mud? A. Hans.

Who did Hans the muddy boy look after? A. Learned Pig.

Where did Hans and Julius sleep? A. On a shelf on piles of rope in the rope store.

What is a Funambuliste? A. A high-wire walker.

What is a Trapeziorista volante? A. Flying trapeze artist.

Why are the monkeys called Dandy Jack when they ride on the horses? A. They are named after a famous trainer of trick horses.

What was very hard to find on the ship? A. Privacy.

What name did Charlie store on his mobile phone as the number for Rafi? A. Fancy slimey git.

How does Charlie approach the lion chamber? A. With respect and trepidation.

After it looked like Charlie had taken control of the lion what did Major Tib tell Charlie he was now going to be? A. The Lion Boy.

What was the air between Charlie and Maccomo like? A An air of unexplained fear and mistrust.

What did Maccomo call Charlie? A. Sharlie.

How many lions were there to look after? A. 6 lions which consisted of 2cubs, 1 large male plus 3 female Lionesses.

What colour are the 3 lionesses? A. Silver, bronze and a very yellow one.

Who was giving Charlie acrobatic lessons? A. Sigi.

What did Sigi tell Charlie to do if someone tied him up? A. Make yourself larger by tensing your muscles and fill your chest and belly with air so that when you relax the ropes will loosen.

What was the colour of the big roof that looked like a tent? A. Crimson, white and gold.

What hung from the highest point of the Crimson, white and gold roof? A. A glorious chandelier.

What colour are the seats in the first galleries of under big roof? A. They are crimson velvet with gold curved legs.

When Maccoma yells Yalla at the lions what do they do? A. They loped around the ring.

When Maccoma yells shwoyya at the lions what do they do? A. They slow down to a gentle pace.

One morning while Charlie was watering the lions what did the young male cub do? A. He gave Charlie a big distinct wink.

After the young male cub winked at Charlie what did he tell Charlie? A. That all the lions needed to talk to him they had some very important news.

What did Charlie see when he looked into the oldest lions eyes? A. That the lion was tied and sick looking his eyes were cloudy and his movements heavy.

What is the colour of the 3 great keyboards? A. Green and pink.

What is the name given to the keyboard? A. Calliope.

What is the name of the ship that Charlie’s parents are supposed to be on? A. Sharkhawk.

What type of ship is the Sharkhawk? A. It is a submarine.

What did Charlie get the young lion cub to do after he had dialled Rafi’s phone number? A. He got him to roar onto the phone.

What is the name of the young girl lion cub? A. Elsina.

What is the name of the first city in France that they are approaching? A. Le Havre.

How did Magdalen get the pen and paper she wrote her 2nd message to Charlie on the submarine from? A. A marmalade cat rolled it under the cabin door.

What time did the crimson ship arrive in Le Havre? A. Mid-afternoon.

What happened to the masts of the ship when they docked at Le Havre and why? A. The masts were taken away by cranes and put into storage because the ship cannot fit under the bridges of the river Seine with them on.

What did Maccomo send Charlie to buy in Le Havre? A. Black cigarette papers.

What did the pink-nosed French cat Claudine get and promised in return to deliver a note the brown English boy on the crimson ship? A. Half of the marmalade cat’s dinner.

What did the marmalade cat do when he reached Le Havre? A. Transfer to a sleek little motor boat in the dead of the night with his human friends and headed back to England.

Who does Claudine the pink-nosed French cat tell that she was supposed to give a note to the brown English boy on the crimson ship? A. A scrawny, mouldy-looking black dock cat, with bald patches on its bottom and sharp blue eyes.

What did Charlie do with Maccomo’s water flask? A. He emptied it and filled it from the oldest lion’s water bottle that had the medicine in it.

How many kilometres is it from Le Havre to Paris? A. 376 kilometres.

How many days will it take to get Le Havre to Paris and how many locks will they pass through? A. 6 days and 6 locks.

Why did the Circe have to travel slowly once they were past Rouen? A. Because the ship is so huge the wake from the ship would capsize all the small ships and cause the river banks to wash away.

What did the Circe create a wake to do? A. to help a small ship that was stranded on a muddy sandbank.

When Charlie and Julius were playing pretending to be small boats stuck in mud, what did Julius stand in? A. A big pile of Learned Pig’s poo.

What does Maccomo say about the French people? A. That the French people are not honest.

After Charlie was told he could not go ashore who did he ring and what did he say? A. He rang Rafi and told him that he hoped his trip to the zoo had amused him.

When the Circe was in the narrowest and shallowest part of the river what did the sailorguys have to do? A. Hold a large blue board out to the starboard with a flashing white light to warn the other boats.

How long did it take to manoeuvre the Circe into the chamber at Amfreville? A. 2 hours.

What is the Ourcq? A. It is another river that goes to Paris.

At Notre Dame de la Garenne did the Circe pass? A. A barge being towed the old fashion way by horse.

What is the name of the cat on the barge at Notre Dame de la Garenne? A. Mademoiselle Chatte.

What happened to Mademoiselle Chatte when she realized she was talking to a human? A> She hissed and rolled right off the roof.

What does Mademoiselle Chatte get upset with Charlie about? A. Because Charlie called her Monsieur instead of Mademoiselle.

What information does Mademoiselle Chatte give Charlie that upsets him? A. That his parents are far ahead of him and will arrive in Paris in the morning.

After jumping into the water what does Mademoiselle Chatte yell to Charlie? A. If you are you don’t be afraid.

Where is the public gangplank on the ship? A. On the starboard side of the ship.

What came on the ship at Andresy while Maccomo was at a Moroccan restaurant? A. A mangy, travelled-stained, bald-bottom black cat, carrying a chewed and grubby bit of paper in his yellow teeth.

Where does the baldy-bottom black cat tell Charlie he got the letter from? A. From a poncy bliddy posh girl at Le Havre and she got it from a marmalade cat.

Why do all cats around the world know about Charlie’s parents? A. Because his parents are trying to produce a cure so humans are not allergic to cats any more.

What is the name of the black cat with a bald-bottom? A. Sergei

What does Charlie think Sergei should have been called? A. Bandit or Alias.

What did Sergei’s dad want to call him? A. Rachmaninoff.

What are the names of people in the past who have spoken cat? A. Van Amburgh the lion tamer, St Francis, the patron saint of animals, St Jerome who took the thorn out of the lions paw centuries ago, Hugh Lofting and Daniel from the bible in the lion’s den.

What is the name of the female lion trainer that Maccomo and Driesback are in love with? A. Mabel Stark.

Why did Driesback not want Maccomo to marry Mabel Stark? A. Because he believes that black and white people should not marry each other.

What is the name of Mabel Stark’s new boyfriend? A. A Hungarian tlion trainer called louis Roth.

What is the name of Julius’s father’s favourite restaurant in Paris? A. Chez in Marais.

What is the name of the train that travels from Paris to Venice to Istanbul? A. The Orient Express.

What will happen if Sigi Lucidi does not hold up 10 family members for 20 seconds at the show in Paris? A. All of Paris will laugh at the name Lucidi.

Where do all the trains for Venice leave from? A. Gare d’ Austerlitz.

What time does the train leave for Venice? A. Half past midnight.

The night before arriving in Paris what did Charlie do before going to bed? A. He sent two text messages, booked a restaurant table and found out when and where the train left for Venice.

What does Charlie think the tight fitting of a ship into the locks is like? A. He thinks it is like a fat man in a bath.

What do the words Bienvenue aux canaux de Paris mean? A. Welcome to the canals of Paris.

Place de la Bastille where the prison used to be is now a monument for what? A. The French Revolution.

How was the medicine Charlie was putting into Maccomo’s water affecting him? A. He was less in control and less intelligent, moody, inconsistent and less frighting.

What does Maccomo ask Charlie to do in the parade? A. Ride the young lion cub.

What did Maccomo tell Charlie that he knows about him? A. He told him that he knows that he can speak with lions.

Where did Charlie ride in the parade? A. Charlie lead the parade.

What did the young lion do when Charlie tried to ride him and why? A. He scratched the side of Charlie’s face so that Maccomo would believe that Charlie couldn’t talk to the lions.

Where did the circus march to? A. To the Arc de Triomphe and back to the ship.

What was the Hungarian wearing for a beard? A. His performing bees.

Where was Charlie allowed to sit to watch the show? A. With the ringboys at ringside.

What is the first act on the opening night of the circus? A. Twelve waltzing Zebra’s.

What is the name of the tune the zebra’s waltz to? A. ZiZu’s Waltz.

What caused the mist that slid over the ring as the zebra’s formed a circle? A. a dry-ice machine.

What are the coloured snowflakes that are going up and down? A. Fluttering doves and different coloured rose petals.

Who was the second act at the circus on opening night? A. El Diablo Aero.

What happened in the ring while El Diablo Aero was trying to entice a member of the audience across the wire? A. A clown was imitating El Diablo.

Who got into a fight in the ring and started eating the rose petals? A. 2 of Bikabhai’s chimps.

What ran across the high wire eating chocolates and dancing? A. Rats.

What is the name of the special lion tune that is played while the lion perform? A.spirit de corps by Sousa.

How did Charlie feel on the night? A. Exhausted, exhilarated and overwhelmed.

What is the first act in the second half of the circus acts? A. Hans with his little Learned pig.

Who fought a duel in the ring because they disagreed about who was the beautiful lady? A. Learned pig and the clown Signor Pennacorrente.

What happened when the clown was dragging the pig in the sack across the ring? A. The bottom came out of the bag and the pig came out wearing a flowery bonnet.

What came out of the big green and gold wagon that the belly dancer danced with? A. Snakes.

When the large snake shed its skin what did it turn into? A. Bendy Ben, the India rubber Boy.

How much had Bendy Ben sold his skeleton to the Empire Homelands Clinic for? A. 100,00 dirhams.

What is the name of the wedge-shape thing the Lucidi men use to prop their bumson? A. Trinka.

Who does Charlie see sitting with Maccomo and Mabel? A. Rafi.

Who did the drunken pest in the ring turn out to be? A. Madame Barbue the bearded lady.

Why was Maccomo talking to Rafi? A. He was trying to sell Charlie because he talks cat.

What was the thundering roar that crossed the bridge when Charlie and the lions were escaping? A. It was a Metro train full of people.

What is the name of the building complex that Charlie’s parents have been taken to? A. Corporacy Gated Village Community.

What woke the man sleeping in the tunnel beneath the bridge? A. Charlie standing on an old roller skate and falling into a pile of scrap metal, hitting his head and yelling.

How did the oldest lion stop the man from screaming? A. By putting his paw on the man’s chest.

What was the pattern on the porcelain sink on the train? A. Pink rosebuds.

What was the loo seat on the train made of? A. Polished dark wood.

What did the lady in the pink dress in the painting on the train remind Charlie of? A It reminded him of Madame Barbue on her horse and Pirouette on her trapeze.

When Charlie was finally safe on the train and fell into a deep sleep what did he dream about? A. Being at home with his parents sitting at the table eating fish fingers and playing scrabble.

Who knocked on the door of the room on the train? A. A fat dark man ina gorgeous purple dressing gown.

What is the name of the man wearing the purple dressing gown? A. King Boris of Bulgaria.

What is the name of the game Charlie and King Boris play? A. Backgammon.

What is venison? A. Deer.

What is capon? A. A kind of chicken.

What is the name of King Boris’s servant? A. Edward.

What happened when Charlie opened the trapdoor on the train? A. A pile of cold wet snow fell on his head.

What does Charlie give to the lions to make them feel better after they were left out in the cold all night? A. Some of his mum’s Improve everything lotion.

Who is the Chef du Train? A. The train’s Boss.

Why did the train stop? A. An Avalanche had blocked the line ahead.

How fast does the Orient Express travel? A. 100 miles an hour.

After Edward had knocked on the door and told Charlie that His Majesty would like to see him, what did Edward say that surprised Charlie? A. Your friends can stay in the bathroom.

In the great freeze of 1929 what did the temperature reach in Yugoslavia? A. 30º below zero.

How many days was the Orient Express snowed in for in 1929? A. 7 days.

How does King Boris know about Charlie and the lions? A. Because he make sure that he knows everything that is going on in the world.

Where does King Boris tell Charlie he and the lions can stay? A. At a little place he owns in Venice.

Surviving Aunt Marsha

Who is the author of Surviving Aunt Marsha? A. Sofie Laguna.

What is the name and number of the street the family lives in? A. 1 Maclusky Street.

What is the name of the girl telling the story? A. Bettina.

How old is Bettina? A. 11years and 9months.

What are the names of Bettina’s brothers? A. Vince and Aiden.

What is the name of their dog? A. Mandy.

Where are their parents going on holiday to and for how long? A. Paris for 3 weeks.

What did Aunt Marsha always do when she came to visit at Christmas? A. Tidied the whole house.

What is Bettina’s mum’s name? A. Sandy or Sandra.

What is the name of the school principal? A. Mr Meldine.

What did Aunt Marsha used to be and where did she work? A. A nurse at the Royal Canberra Hospital.

Why does Bettina’s dad not like his sister Marsha? A. Because she is a bossy nosy bully.

What is the time of the year did Bettina’s parents take their holiday? A. Winter.

Where do Bettina’s parents usually take their holiday and for how long? A. In Coffs Harbour and for four days.

Where do Bettina, Vince and Aiden usually stay when their parents go on holidays? A. They stay with Mrs Stella Giannopoulos.

What is souvlakia? A. Meat on a stick.

What is spanokopitas? A. Cheese and spinach pastry.

How old is Aiden? A. seven.

How old is Vince? A. Nine.

What are mum and dad going to do in Paris? A. Renewing their wedding vows which is getting married again.

What sort of shop did mum and buy last year? A. Stock and feed shop..

In the chapter called Count down how many days till mum and dad leave? A. 29 days.

What is the name of the girl in Bettina’s class that always gets in trouble for giggling? A. Tammy Nicks.

Why does Vince think that Coffs Harbour is the best place in the world? A. Because of the giant slide at Sea world.

What is the name of Aunt Marsha and dad’s brother? A. Nedley.

Who just kept eating during Xmas lunch a year and a half ago while Nedley and Aunt Marsha were fighting? A. Boris.

What did Aunt Marsha always smell of? A. Cooked cabbage and rose perfume.

What subjects does Bettina like? A. English and Drama.

What subjects does Bettina dislike? A. Maths and sewing.

What does Bettina liked to be called? A. Tina or Tine.

What is Tina’s best friend’s name? A. Mish.

What does Vince like to do? A. Play Nintendo and karate.

How did Bettina describe Aunt Marsha’s size? A. Ginormous.

Whose chair did Aunt Marsha sit in to wait for her cuppa? A. Dad’s

What colour lipstich was Aunt Marsha wearing when she arrived? A. orange.

What is Bettina’s dad’s name? A. Rob.

What did Aiden hold up and ask Aunt Marsha if it was the size of one of her Gallstones? A. Brussel sprout.

The last time Aunt Marsha stayed and cooked dinner it was bad, what did Tina think she ate? A. A fish eye.

What does Tina’s mum never let happen to her tea? A. She never lets it go cold.

Why did Vince have to stay with the Ginnopouloses instead of going to the airport to see his parents off? A. Because there was only three seat belts in the back seat.

Who sat in the front with Aunt Marsha on the drive to the airport? A. Dad.

What was on the radio on the way to the airport? A. The news saying that a rock climber had tried to climb down Sydney’s tallest building and got stuck when his pants got snagged on a ledge.

What happened to the dog Bettina’s dad ran over in his VW car? A. He lost a leg.

What was dad and Aunt Marsha’s argument about on the way to the airport? A. How slow she was driving.

What was the song that played on the radio after Aiden was crying? A. If you leave ma can I come too.

Where do Rina’s parents live? A. Italy.

Who called Aiden four eyes when he first got his glasses? A. Tracey Denham and Mike Hammer.

What did Mandy the dog have in her mouth and dropped at Aunt Marsha’s feet when they got back from the airport? A. A very large pair of creamy brown underpants belonging to Aunt Marsha.

What is the name of the oldest Ginnopoulous child and how old is he? A. Nick, 13.

What does the Greek saying “Ella na fame, pethia mean? A. Come inside and have some dinner.

What does “Oxi, prepi na kathi sete mean? A. No you must eat with us.

What comics does Aiden have? A. Phantom, Spiderman, Simpson’s, Star Wars Archie, Betty and Veronica.

What does Aiden know all the words to to? A. Songs.

Which radio station does Aiden listen to? A. Classic Hits F.M.

What does mum say the back yard is too small for? A. Trampoline.

Who built the tree house and when? A. Uncle Nedley and dad on the Queens birthday.

When the weather was really windy in the tree house what was it like in the tree house? A. Like being on a boat on a stormy sea.

What type of dog is Mandy? A. Labrador.

What did the children call the harness they used to get Mandy up into the tree house? A. “The Mandy Lift.

Who built Mandy’s blue wooden kennel? A. Granddad.

Who does Aunt Marsha remind Tina of? A. The Baroness from the sound of music.

What did Aiden do to Aunt Marsha when she was trying to see if he was ok? A. He kicked her below the knee.

What did Tim Henshaw do with the chalk he stole from Mrs Stills? A. He wrote poofter on the footpath.

After he had kicked Aunt Marsha what was Aiden doing when Tina went upstairs? A. Reading a Star Trek comic and listening to I should be so Lucky Lucky Lucky by Kylie Minogue.

What did Stella Giannopoulose always smell like? A. A mixture of honey and coffee.

What is baklava? A. Cake made with lots of papery pastry and honey.

What does the word Thia mean? A. Aunt.

What was the smell in the house after Aunt Marsha came to stay? A. A mixture of cabbage and rose perfume.

Why do Tina’s family and friends not want to eat in the dining room? A. Because it to formal.

What does Uncle Nedley call Aunt Marsha’s kidney pie? A. Punishment.

What does Vince say kidney pie taste like? A. Cooked spew.

What is the family in the story last name? A. Wendle.

What are the cracks in the ceiling of Tina’s room in the shape of? A. An arrow.

What are the cracks in the ceiling in the boy’s room in the shape of? A. Lighting.

What does Vince call Aunt Marsha? A. Aunt Mud Head.

What is the name of the book Tina’s reading? A. The lion, the witch and the wardrobe.

What is Aunt Marsha’s favourite drink and what does it do? A. Grapefruit juice and it aids digestion.

What did Vince do to his glass of grapefruit juice when Aunt Marsha turned to get toast out of the toaster? A. Put a huge teaspoon of sugar in it.

What time did mum and dad have to be at the shop for the dog food deliveries? A. 8 o’clock.

How many kilos of pal do mum and dad deliver to the Dinnings for their three Dobermanns? A. 20 kilos.

What did Aunt Marsha serve for afternoon tea after school on Monday? A. Bean and cornflake pie with water.

When Uncle Nedley comes to stay who does he sometimes ring in Darwin? A. His girlfriend.

What does mum do when she and Dad talk about expensive things? A. She has seared eyes and chews on her thumb nail.

What does Dad do when he and mum talk about expensive things? A. Scrunches up his forehead and looks very hard at nothing.

What did Aunt Marsha choose her career over? A. Having a family.

What show did the children watch with Aunt Marsha that their mum liked to? A. Getaway.

What is Aunt Marsha’s one great fear? A. Heights.

What does Aunt Marsha say Robert Wendle is not good at reading? A. Maps.

When Aunt Marsha was little what did cousin Lenny do to her? A. Held her by her arms and dangled her over a high wall.

What is the name of the book Aunt Marsha read? A. Dickens : A study of the man behind the words.

What was the title of the other book Aunt Marsha placed on the little table? A. Magic of the bubbling well.

How old was Bettina when her appendix burst? A. 8.

What is Tina or Tine’s full name? A. Bettina Rona Wendle.

What is the name all the girls in Bettina’s family have for their middle name? A. Rona.

What does Aiden like to eat on his toast? A. Promite.

How many postcards arrived from Paris in the second week from mum and dad? A. 2.

What is the name of the river mum and dad had a boat ride on? A. Seine.

What does Uncle Pavlos call Aunt Marsha? A. Mrs Marshy.

What do Aiden and Aunt Marsha always fight about? A. That Aiden reads comics all the time.

What did Aunt Marsha do with Aiden’s comics? A. She threw them in the garbage and they were taken away.

What is the name of the suburb the Wendles live in? A. Baywood.

How did the children get Aunt Marsha out of the tree? A. They used the Mandy Lift.

How much money did the children have between them? A. $45.50.

What did Aiden and Bettina make Aunt Marsha for breakfast the morning after they got her out of the tree? A. Kidney pie and grapefruit juice.

What does Aunt Marsha say is better than jogging? A. Tai Chi.

The Cats in Krasinski Square

!. Who wrote The Cats in Krasinski Square? A. Karen Hesse.

2. Who illustrated The Cats in Krasinski Square? A. Wendy Watson.

3. Where do all the cats come from? A. The cracks in the wall, dark corners and openings in the rubble.

4. Where did the cats sleep when they belonged to someone? A. On sofa cushions.

5. What did the cats of Krasinski Square once eat from? A. Crystal dishes.

6. What did the cats do when they purred? A. Furrowing the chests, Nuzzling the chins of their beloved.

7. What does the girl tell the cats? A. That she has no food to spare.

8. What food does the girl have more than Michal? A. A fistful of bread, waterery soup and potato.

9. Where does Michal live? A. Behind the wall of the Ghetto.

10. Why do the cats not care that the girl has no food for them? A. Because they feed on mice.

11. How many cats are on the firsy page of the story? A. 7.

12. What is the name of the city where the girl plays with the cats? A. Warsaw.

13. What country is the girl in? A. Poland.

14. Why did the girl have to wear an armband when she lived in the Ghetto? A. Because she is Jewish.

15. What does the girl walk past in Krasinski Square? A. Dizzy girls riding the Merry-go-round.

16. Who is the only family the girl has left? A. Her brave sister Mira.

17. What is Mira’s newest plan? A. To smuggle food inside the Ghetto.

18. How is the food coming? A. It will arrive with Mira’s friends on the train in satchels.

19. What sort of food will Mira’s friends bring? A. Bread, groats and sugar.

20. How does the girl know all the openings in the wall? A. The cats have shown her.

21. Who drew the map the girl gives to Mira? A. Mira’s friend Arik.

22. How are they going to smuggle the food into the Ghetto? A. By placing it into the cracks in the wall.

23. On the day that the train with the food is due in Warsaw what happens? A. Arik tells them the Gestapo know the food is in the satchels on the train and will be waiting at the station with dogs to sniff the food.

24. What frightens the girl more than a knock on the door in the middle of the night? A. The look that passes between Arik and Mira.

25. What does the girl do in Krasinski Square? A. She wears her Polish look, walks her Polish walk and sings a nonsense song in Polish words.

26. Who are the 9 people who gather the cats and put them into baskets? A. Mira, Arik, Henryk, Marek, Hanna, Anna, Tosia, Stasia and the girl.

27. Where do they take the cats in the baskets? A. To the station to wait for the train, behind the Gestapo with snarling dogs.

28. When the dogs are let loose by the Gestapo toward the people with the food what happens? A. They let the cats out of the baskets and the dogs chase the cats instead of finding the food.

29. What happens to the food from the train? A. It vanishes from Warsaw over and under the wall into the Ghetto.

30. What does the girl have in the basket that Michal receives and is grateful for? A. A loaf of bread.

31. What floats in the air above Krasinski Square, rising tinsel-bright? A. Music from the merry-go-round.

32. In what year did the author Karen Hesse find a story on the cats outfoxing the Gestapo at a train station in Warsaw during World War II? A. 2001.

33. What did the author go in search of after reading about the cats outfoxing the Gestapo? A. Accounts of the Warsaw Ghetto and the Jewish Resistance in Poland.

34. What were the two most valuable sources of information Karen Hesse found? A. Ringelblum Archives and Adina Blady Szwajgers book, I remember nothing more.

35. Where did the inspiration for Mira the fictional older sister of the narrator in The Cats of Krasinski Square come from? A. Adina Blady Szwajger.

36. When did Warsaw fall into the hands of the attacking Germans? A. Late September 1939 at the beginning of World War II.

37. Who are the Hestapo? A. The German State Police.

38. What was built to keep the Jewish people in? A. A high brick wall.

39. What are Aryans? A. Non-Jewish whites.

40. What happened when the Gestapo collected all the Jewish people in Warsaw? A. Overcrowding in the Warsaw Ghetto causing disease and hunger.

41. When did the Germans decide to relocate the Warsaw Jews? A. July 1942.

42. Who were removed from the Ghetto first? A. The youngest and oldest.

43. What happened to the weakest Jews? A. They were killed before they ever left Warsaw.

44. At what rate were the people from the Ghetto removed? A. At a rate of 2,000, than 10,000 than 20,000 a day.

45. Who were the only ones left in the Ghetto? A. Jews working the war plants.

46. In April 1943 how long did the sick Warsaw Ghetto fighters hold off the German soldiers? A. For over 40 days.

47. Who does Karen Hesse write the book The Cats of Krasinski Square in memory of? A. Her mother Fran Levin.

48. Who does the illustrator dedicate The Cats of Krasinski Square to? A. Her father Aldren Auld Watson.

49. What does the illustrator Wendy Watson say her father is to her? A. Her teacher, mentor, colleague and collaborator.

Tagged by Dead Dogs

Who wrote Tagged by Dead Dogs? A. Anita Bell.

What is Kirby’s last name? A. MacLeod.

What are cooties? A. Head Lice.

Why is Luke Sprooka’s mother going to take him to the doctor? A. Because he has had head lice 15 times since Christmas.

What type of hair do does Luke Sprooka have? A. Dreadlocks.

How many times had Luke’s old English Sheep dog fetched the cricket ball in one morning? A. 517 times.

How did Luke get the red mark on his white shorts? A. By rubbing the red cricket ball down them.

What happened to Luke’s cricket ball? A. It flew out of his hands, over the fence and landed on the railway switching tracks.

How many minutes after Luke lost his ball did the bigger train arrive? A. 11 minutes.

How many carriages did the bigger train have? A. 23.

What was the bigger train carrying and were was it heading? A. It was carrying milk and heading to Caboolture.

How far from his approach did the driver prepare for his stop? A. 3 kilometres away.

How much distance did the driver need to speed up his train? A. 10 times the length of the train.

How much space does the train driver need to slow the train? A. Up to fifteen times the trains length.

What is the number of the train heading to where the cricket ball is on the tracks? A. 2F17.

What is the code for the train’s destination he is approaching? AR25 west at red.

What did the main line from Brisbane to Sydney lay open like? A. Like a snapped ladder.

What did the train driver see to late? A. The fireworks of the switch motor frying.

How many tons of milk and metal skidded along the track? A. 8 thousand tonnes.

Where did the train end up? A. It through the fence of Luke’s back yard and landed on the clover patch where the old English sheep dog had been lying.

Why did the sheepdog think he was in doggy heaven? A. Because he was surfing and lapping the milk from the trains busted carriages.

What is Kirby in trouble for? A. She is in trouble for conducting her physics experiment in the men’s toilet on the Educations Department District Director for Schools.

What was Kirby’s experiment? A. She had hooked a charged capacitor to the men’s urinal and turned it on when District Director for Schools used the urinal.

What is the name of Kirby’s physics teacher? A. Miss Fourier.

When Director Zanos turned on the radio to cover the racket he was making, what was the news on the radio? A. Something about a train crash near Acacia Ridge.

How many seconds was the charged capacitor surging through Director Zanos most delicate flesh? A. 238 seconds.

How long before Director Zanos was able to walk properly again? A. 1 hour.

Why did Kirby change from Lowood High School to Ipswich Girls Grammar School? A. District Director Zanos ran over his own foot with Lowood Highs School tractor and blamed Kirby.

What is the first name of District Director Zanos? A. Alan-Brendan.

What is the name of Kirby’s old school? A. Lowood High School.

What is Kirby’s brother’s name and what does he do? A. His name is Jayson and he is in the army.

What is the name of the train on the railway track below Kirby’s new school? A. The Great Southern Pacific Express.

Where does the Great Southern Pacific Express usually get stabled for the night when it is within an hour’s travel of Brisbane? A. Acacia Ridge.

What colour is the Great Southern Pacific Express? A. High polished mahogany wood with polished gold trim.

Why does The Great Southern Pacific Express usually get locked up under great security? A. So jerks with spray cans do not spray paint it.

What does Scotty Nolan feel like working in the café? A. An octopus.

What is the name of Kirby’s horse? A. Fidget.

Where does Scotty Nolan work after school and at busy lunch times? A. The Lowood Café.

What does Scotty usually smuggle to Kirby every Wednesday night when he meets her at the cinemas? A. 2 packets of Tim Tams.

Why did Vivian Le Psychopath point to the gardener? A. Because he was removing fireworks off the self that Vivian thought was Saturday night.

What is the name of the blonde girl with 3 ponytails? A. Jessica.

What is the name the lady handing out the mobile phone and headsets to the girls? A. Mrs Death.

What is Vivian’s full name? A. Vivianbiancalee LeProlongeau.

How far pregnant is Kirby’s sister Helen? A. nearly 6 months.

What did the dry moat under the metal grid stink like? A. a horse-eating, sump-oil monster.

Why can’t Kirby’s Dad get around very well at the moment? A. Both of his knees are crippled with Fisherman’s arthritis.

How does the cattle yards protrude from the gentle slope? A. Like an old Timber Stonehenge overlooking Lake Wivenhoe.

What is Scotty doing that Sergeant Knox would not like? A. That he was underage with no helmet and crossing the bitumen on his motor bike.

What speed was Scott doing when he churned the gravel? A. 18 clicks and rising.

What speed was Scott doing when he past MacLeods letterbox? A. 23.

What speed was Scott doing when his teeth chatted over the metal grid? A. 32.

What speed was Scott doing when he hit the dirt driveway and bolted? A. 41.

What does Kirby has caused Scott to be late? A. The police or suburban security guards.

How many police patrols would Scott have to pass to get to Kirby? A. 3 patrols.

Why would it be easy for Scott to get away from their grandmother’s ostrich farm? A. Because the grandmother usually fell asleep in front the TV watching the Simpson’s by eight while knitting.

What are the only pedestrians Snotty would encounter at Kirby’s Dad’s farm at Wivenhoe Dam? A. Snakes, lizards and the occasional kangaroo most of them already dead killed by cars.

What would be Snotty’s biggest problem travelling along the old disused railway line from Lowood to Ipswich? A. Dodging the fir trees that have grown between the lines.

Where are Scott and Kirby going to meet in Ipswich? A. Near Settler’s Inn.

What time was it when Kirby stole the Sim card from her mobile phone? A. 9.18pm.

Who is chasing Scott? A. Kirby’s horse Fat Fidget.

What loomed in front of Scott like a brick wall that he hit? A. A log.

What happened to Scott when he hit the log? A. He jolted forward and his chin hit the handlebars causing blood to spill onto the fuel tank of his bike.

What is Kirby hoping the photos she takes of the great Southern Pacific Express train of jerks tagging it will be enough for her to do? A. To buy taxi fares to and from school every day.

Who is going to pay Kirby for taking photos of jerks tagging The Great Southern Pacific Express? A. Crime Stoppers.

What is that Kirby didn’t like about her new school? A. Boarding away from home.

What colour is Kirby’s school uniform? A. Blue checkered tunic.

What did Kirby ask Mrs Death for when she handed in her phone? A. The time.

Why did Kirby ask Mrs Death the time? A. So that Mrs Death would remember what time she saw Kirby on campus.

Who called out to Kirby when she was walking through the courtyard to get away? A. Julie Sann.

What was in Julie Sann’s Dad’s display that Kirby was thrilled to touch? A. Actual moon mission soil and rock samples salvaged from NASA’s rubbish tip in Nevada.

Who did Kirby wave to coming out of the library so that she would also remember her on campus? A. Miss Ferrier.

Who stepped out to block Kirby’s path past the library? A. Rea Ting’s mum.

How many kids had tried to chip free the jawbone of the Muttaburrasaurus hanging out of the rhino-sized boulder? A. 132 kids from fifteen visiting schools.

What did Mrs Ting push in front of Kirby’s face? A. An Action Man sized pick axe with a Barbie doll height dust so Kirby could have a go at chipping away at the jawbone.

At the administration building what did Kirby squeeze past? A. A pride of guys from Bremer High.

What were the Bremer High boys circling around like a bunch of lions stalking their prey? A. The Iroquois Chopper.

How long was each boy allowed to sit in the Iroquois chopper under the scrutinous eye of the steely-faced pilot? A. 8½ minutes each.

What littered the bitumen near the Iroquois chopper? A. Rose petals.

How many tall dark hairy monster guards guarded the Iroquois chopper? A. 3.

What did one of the guards say he was now? A. A nanny.

How much does the nanny guard say he read the bounty was for each carriage of The Great Southern Pacific Express? A. Fifty grand a piece.

At 9.23 how many steps did Kirby walk up of the assembly hall so that she would be caught on security camera from the Home and Business security exhibit? A. 4 steps.

At what exhibit were the boys pulling a truck engine apart and were up to their elbows in grease? A. Mechanics exhibit.

After Kirby had escaped the first time for a date to a movie in town, how did she get back to school? A. In the channel 10 news chopper.

How much time does Kirby need off campus to achieve her mission? A. 40 minutes minimum.

Who were serving cake and coffee to raise funds for their national titles trip? A. The netball team.

How was the netball team serving cake and coffee? A. On roller skates.

What did the cop from the portable murder scene try and supervise? A. Weapons, skulss and pickled intestines.

What does sergeant Knox say Kirby will lose if she is caught escaping again? A. Her weekend gate pass.

After Scotty had crashed his bike, what did the sound of the electronic twang sound like and remind him of? A. It sounded like fingers clicking sixty times a minute and each twang reminded him of a swarm of wasps racing past him at the speed of sound.

What is Kirby’s digital camera like? A. It’s a professional matt black Nikkon digital camera with silent night zoom, panoramic modes, auto focus and extra memory.

Where did Kirby get her digital camera from? A. She had helped a cop from Brisbane put her work experience boss behind bars and he gave it to her a gift.

What did Scott grab out of the bucket he kicked as he was leaving the shed? A. Insulators for the electric fence.

What did Helen Kirby’s sister notice that Scott had with him? A. Kirby’s old Lowood High bag.

Where did Scotty hope Kirby would be able to use her Lowood High bag again? A. When she goes to Uni or Tafe.

As storm clouds boiled in the distance what kept Scotty warm as he headed to Ipswich along the old railway tracks? A. Mud and the bulky backpack.

What made Scotty feel like he was in heaven? A. Wind in his hair and a motor bike between his legs.

From which direction were the boiling storm clouds coming? A. The Sunshine coast.

Why did Kirby decide the storm wasn’t heading her way? A. Because if it was the RAAF Base at Amberley would have picked it up on their radar and sent the chopper back to base.

When Miss Probity found the 3 boys near the admin building what did she tell them to get rid of and where did one of them land? A. She told them to get rid of their cigarettes and one of them landed in Kirby’s hair.

What did the burning cigarette in Kirby’s hair smell like and what damage did it do? A. It smelt like smouldering ragweed, it burnt her finger and singed a lock of her hair near her ear.

After hiding in the garden what was stuck to Kirby’s shoes and underneath her fingernails? A. Little rain-soaked poo-pellets.

Who were the 3 teachers who stopped near the admin building just as Kirby thought she was going to be free? A. Mr Kirkwyn, Miss Trevenor and Miss Christian.

Mr Kirkwyn was the sweetest maths teacher on campus but what else was he? A. The ugliest.

What is Scott able to do with the old Yamaha thumper model TT motor bike that you can not do with the later models? A. turn the headlight off and still have the engine motor running in later models the lights are wired to the motor.

Scotty’s motor bike was reliable but what did it rattle like? A. A coke can full of wasps.

What made Scotty’s undies burn and itch against his skin? A. The bike fuel that had leaked on him.

Where was Scott when Kirby rang him on Helen’s mobile? A. Hanging upside down from a rail girder trying to retrieve Kirby’s backpack.

What was wrong with the last section of the rail bridge Scott was to cross? A. Someone had torn up the rails.

Where did Kirby ring Scott from when he was hanging upside down from a rail girder? A. The phone in the deputy Principals office.

What was in the confiscation vault? A. Ting’s she-devil earrings, Chang’s personal CD player, cigarettes from some of the day girls and at least 3 pairs of Kirby’s brightest red knickers.

When Kirby left the deputy Principals office because she heard voices where did she hide? A. Behind an old desktop photocopier and then inside it.

What is the name of the man Miss Probity is talking to while Kirby is inside the photocopiers self? A. An Englishman called Lord Blenheim.

What is the name of Deirdre Blenheim’s turtle? A. Mertyl.

Who is Katherene? A. Lord Blenheim’s new American wife.

How did Dee find Kirby in the photocopier? A. because of the smell of sheep manure on Kirby.

What are Deirdre’s green eyes like? A. The green was like the fetid froth of the frog-eggy swampwater.

When Kirby asks Deirdre what is it going to take to get you away from me, what is her answer? A. A vat full of perfume, a one-way ticket to London and my pet turtle back out of my father’s lake.

Who found Deirdre Blenheim’s luggage behind the administration building? A. The gardener.

How many groups of suspicious teenagers had Miss Probity chased in an hour? A. 4 from the gardens, 8 from various toilets and 3 groups of trouble makers from the library.

What does Miss Probity think may have happened to Deirdre? A. She may have been kidnapped.

How many people were in the police car as Scott walked across the pedestrian crossing? A. 3.

What does Scott call the cop in the back seat? A. Bent Nose.

What pulled up at the lights as Scott made it to the other side of the pedestrian crossing? A. A red falcon.

What do the police think the fuel dribble on Scott’s pants is? A. Wee.

Why couldn’t the policeman called blondie get the backpack open? A. The mud Scott had fallen into had hardened around the zip.

What saved Scott from the police? A. A message to go to Ipswich Girls Grammar because they have trouble with a student.

What did Kirby land on when she jumped the rail and fell? A. A dead dog.

What did Kirby vomit up after waking up on the dead dog? A. Spaghetti from lunch, mud cake for snack and minced meat with carroty bits and green jelly from dinner.

As Kirby was lying in the grass waiting for the train to pass what happened as the last carriage passed her? A. Wet dust and pebbles spat up from the last under carriage and landed on Kirby’s face.

After Kirby followed the train to the station, what happened to her skirt as she jumped the fence near the car park? A. She snagged her skirt and ripped a triangular-shaped piece out of one pleat.

After tearing her uniform what does she put in her mission log? A. Bury a change of clothes near the pool, in a weather proof bag.

What is Scotty’s full name? Scott Mark Nolan.

When Kirby stepped back after checking East Street and the pavement as far as McDonald”s who did she fall onto? A. Deirdre.

What does Deirdre call Ipswich? A. A Backwater Colony.

Which hand did Deirdre spit and want to shake hands with Kirby to seal the deal? A. Right hand.

How many cars were in the alley when Scott first arrived? A. 6.

When did the first 3 cars leave the alley Scott was hiding in? A. As soon as the pub closed.

Where did the fourth car driver find her keys? A. In her frilly beaded handbag.

Why did the fifth car have to wait in the alley after the pub closed? A. The fifth car had to wait until all of her passengers came out of Settler’s Inn.

What was the last car left in the alley and who did it belong to? A. A blue ute with the number plate INN-001 and it belonged to the owner of Settlers Inn.

When Kirby called Scott what happened when he got up? A. The backpack got caught on the hinge of the industrial bin and he fell at Deirdre’s feet.

While Scott is on the ground in front of Deirdre’s feet what does Kirby say? A. she may be royalty but you don’t have to lay around licking her boots.

What do the floodlights light up the railway stabling like? A. Like a Christmas tree at Woolworths.

How did Dee and Kirby get out of the alley? A. They climbed the fire escape on to the top of the Lifeline Emporium.

How did Dee wreck her fathers wedding? A. By grabbing a machine gun one of the body guards had put down on the table while he tied his shoelace and scaring the sheiks and other business guests.

Where does Kirby say the police falcon patrol car will go after the alley? A. McDonald’s.

How many drunken football players are there outside the alley talking to the police? A. 5.

What did Luke throw at the green industrial bin like bowling a cricket ball? A. Empty film canister.

What colour was the spray paint that Luke sprayed on the green industrial bin? A. Silver spray paint.

What did Kirby take 7 photos of with no flash and the images as clear as tank water? A. Luke spraying paint on the green industrial bin.

What is Kirby’s hand as steady as while she takes photos? A. A dead horse.

What are the zits on Luke’s forehead to his nose like? A. A mountain range of volcanoes.

What did the man with the bald patch on the back of his head write on the Lifeline Emporium wall? A. DV8 4EVR.

What is the phone number for Crime Stoppers? A. 1800 333 000.

What time does Crime Stoppers hotline stay open till? A. 11pm.

How many police officers were interviewing the girls and teachers at Ipswich Girls Grammar? A. 3.

What is Loudmouth writing when Kirby takes a photo? A. 2Guns Rules.

What does Fatgut write? Suck Eggs and Die.

Where is Kirby’s Hotmail Email account based? A. America.

What does Kirby Email to Crime Stoppers from her laptop? A. Photos of the 5 people spraying paint in the alley.

What did Scotty, Dee and Kirby do after they had dobbed the taggers in to Crime Stoppers? A. Watched the fireworks light the air over the girl’s school.

How many years do Scott and Kirby think The Great Southern pacific Express has been on the tracks without being tagged? A. 4 years at least.

What did Dee use to open the packet of Tim Tams? A. Her fingernail.

What had Kirby seen Sergeant Knox do many times in the Lowood Café when a case fell through because of a stupid legal technicality? A. Pine over coffee for hours.

Who would be proud of what Kirby was doing? A. Her Lowood High Art teacher.

What is the name of the hill the fireworks is over? A. Limestone Hill.

What did Dee and Kirby lick off the top of the roof with their tongues? A. The last of the Tim Tam biscuit crumbs.

When Kirby, Dee and Scotty were between the water tanks what did Scott do to stop an asthma attack coming on? A. He imagined himself wheel-standing through a field of fresh cow-pats.

What saved Kirby, Dee and Scott from being caught by the guard and guard dog? A. The smell of the dead dog on Kirby.

How did Kirby cut the contact? A. By heating the copper wire with the battery charger and using the wire like a guillotine.

How many pieces of contact did Kirby give Scott and how long each were they? A. She gave him 5 pieces and they each were 2 metres long.

How many pieces of contact did Dee get? A. 3.

What does Kirby write on the contact she has put on the train? A. Dead Dogs.

What were the cops talking about when Kirby, Dee and Scott were sending the photos of The Great Southern Pacific Express tagged by Dead Dogs? A. Going fishing at Wivenhoe Dam.

How many carriages of the train had been contacted and tagged with Dead Dogs? A. 10 carriages.

What happened as soon as they Emailed the account details on the net? A. The five hundred thousand dollars was being transferred into the account.

How many weeks will it be before they know if they will get money from Crime Stoppers for dobbing in the taggers? A. 8 weeks.

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