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6th Grade
03/05/2010

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Term
1. What is Grady's last name?
Definition
1. Flood
Term
10. What is the name of the guy at the commune who tries to fix Lila's car?
Definition
10. Russ
Term
100. Who said, "I always leave a place better than I found it?"
Definition
100. Lila
Term
101. How many martins did Grady rescue and put in the box?
Definition
101. Fifteen
Term
102. What caused the martins to huddle up in one gourd?
Definition
102. cold weather
Term
103. What did Charlie feed the cold birds he and Grady rescued?
Definition
103. (scrambled) eggs
Term
104. During the night they tried to save the martins, what time did Charlie and Grady take a break?
Definition
104. Two in the morning
Term
105. What grade was Grady in when his father was killed?
Definition
105. kindergarten
Term
106. Where was the garage where Grady's dad worked?
Definition
106. behind their house
Term
107. What kind of car repairs did Grady's dad do?
Definition
107. engines
Term
108. Where had the family gone on the only family vacation that Grady could remember?
Definition
108. the ocean (beach)
Term
109. Who tried to lift the car off of Grady's father when it fell on him?
Definition
109. Grady
Term
11. At the commune, who dressed to look like Jesus?
Definition
11. Rayden
Term
110. Who helped Grady see that no one could have saved Grady's father when the car fell on him?
Definition
110. Charlie
Term
111. How old was Lila when she met Grady's father?
Definition
111. fifteen
Term
112. What did Lila say was the best present she had ever gotten in her life?
Definition
112. Grady
Term
113. What did Lila give Grady to eat when he rushed out to feed the crickets to the martins?
Definition
113. scrambled egg sandwich
Term
114. What noise had driven the UPS man nuts?
Definition
114. crickets (chirping)
Term
115. How many crickets had Charlie ordered to feed the martins?
Definition
115. one thousand
Term
116. What sport did Grady tease his mother about when she said she had never been good at sports in school?
Definition
116. cricket tossing
Term
117. What did Grady use to launch the crickets at the martin rack?
Definition
117. plastic spoons
Term
118. Charlie told Grady that the martins maybe figure home is where?
Definition
118. people care about what happens to them
Term
12. In Grady's mind, he and his mom were cartoon characters who accidentally ran off a cliff. Which one was the character who would drop like a stone?
Definition
12. Grady
Term
13. What was the name of the librarian who gave Grady the Great Gilly Hopkins?
Definition
13. Mrs. Parravano
Term
14. What did Grady want to tell the librarian as a better way of saying thank you for giving him The Great Gilly Hopkins?
Definition
14. This book makes me feel safe.
Term
15. What was the name of the duct tape genius who fixed Lila's car?
Definition
15. Russ
Term
16. What color hair did Grady's mother have?
Definition
16. red
Term
17. What was the name of Grady's dad?
Definition
17. Arlen (Flood)
Term
18. In what state had Grady attended Bible School?
Definition
18. Indiana
Term
19. To what town does Grady and his mother walk after their car broke down?
Definition
19. Bedelia
Term
2. What was the name of the commune where Grady and his mom lived?
Definition
2. Sunward Path
Term
20. What is the name of the waitress in the Bedelia restaurant?
Definition
20. June
Term
21. What is the name of Bedelia's "best mechanic for miles around"?
Definition
21. Sal Palvino
Term
22. What is the name of June's husband?
Definition
22. Bob
Term
23. What two tasks did Lila do to pay for the pie she and Grady ate at June's restaurant?
Definition
23. swept the floor, filled the napkin holders
Term
24. What word did Grady think Sal should have had tatooed across his forehead?
Definition
24. trouble
Term
25. Who drove Grady and Lila out to meet Charlie Fernwald?
Definition
25. Sal
Term
26. To what town are kids from 7th - 12 grades bused?
Definition
26. Addieville
Term
27. Grady is in what grade of school?
Definition
27. seventh
Term
28. Who convinced Charlie to give Lila the job?
Definition
28. Grady
Term
29. What color were the shutters on Charlie's house?
Definition
29. green
Term
3. In what part of the farmhouse did the commune hold their meetings before April's meeting outside?
Definition
3. living room
Term
30. What kind of bed pulls down from the wall and is used in the cottage?
Definition
30. Murphy bed
Term
31. What came out of the couch when Lila sat down on it?
Definition
31. dust
Term
32. On their first day at Charlie's, how much money did Charlie give Grady for groceries?
Definition
32. $20
Term
33. What is the name of the grocery store where Grady and his mom shopped?
Definition
33. Hokey Pokey
Term
34. What does Lila threaten to give Charlie when they got home if he got peanut grease on the seats of Charlie's truck?
Definition
34. "what for"
Term
35. Who followed Grady and his mom home after their first trip to the grocery store?
Definition
35. sheriff
Term
36. What did Grady have to eat on his first night at Charlie's?
Definition
36. Peanut butter sandwiches
Term
37. What was Lila baking when Grady woke up after his first night at Charlie's?
Definition
37. zucchini carrot bread
Term
38. What color were gourds that Charlie was fastening onto his television antennas when Grady took him the warm bread his mother had baked?
Definition
38. white
Term
39. What did Grady have to drink with the piece of bread he shared with Charlie on his first day?
Definition
39. coffee
Term
4. At what age is a person considered an adult in the commune?
Definition
4. Twelve
Term
40. What did they call the man at the first commune who was always seeing UFOs?
Definition
40. Spaceman
Term
41. How much did Charlie say he would pay Grady for each gourd Grady fastened to the rack?
Definition
41. 25 cents
Term
42. How many inches of pine needs go in each gourd?
Definition
42. 2-3 inches
Term
43. Where had Charlie's martins spent the winter?
Definition
43. Brazil
Term
44. What is the number of the gourd that Marie lives in?
Definition
44. Twenty-one
Term
45. What percentage of martins return to their original colony their second year?
Definition
45. 1/10 (one out of ten)
Term
46. What Matchbox car had Grady's dad given him for Christmas the last year he was alive?
Definition
46. Corvette
Term
47. What color red did Grady's dad say he would paint the Corvette he and Grady would fix up one day?
Definition
47. candy apple red
Term
48. With all the gourds Grady and Charlie put up, how many martins can be housed?
Definition
48. forty-eight
Term
49. What did Charlie tell Grady that could be hung up in Texas and the martins would move right in?
Definition
49. boot
Term
5. What activity had Grady been doing to cause his back to hurt?
Definition
5. Planting broccoli
Term
50. Purple martins are what kind of birds?
Definition
50. swallows
Term
51. What bird chases off purple martins?
Definition
51. tree swallows
Term
52. If Grady ever had a house of his own, what was he going to line his walls with?
Definition
52. books
Term
53. What time were Charlie's son and daughter-in-law to arrive for dinner?
Definition
53. 1:00
Term
54. After the Sunday dinner, what was the second night Charlie asked Lila to cook for him?
Definition
54. Tuesday
Term
55. On what day of the week did Charlie and Grady begin to work on the tractor?
Definition
55. Friday
Term
56. What birds were brought to the US to control an insect problem and then nearly wiped out bluebirds and woodpeckers?
Definition
56. House sparrows
Term
57. What bully bird survived after being brought over from Europe because it was mentioned in some of Shakespeare's works?
Definition
57. European starling.
Term
58. What does Charlie use to catch starlings or house sparrows?
Definition
58. trap
Term
59. What tractor part did Grady think would make a perfect description of Charlie Fernwald and his attraction to birds?
Definition
59. wing nut
Term
6. What was the name of the kid that Grady felt was the worst case of misnaming a kid he had ever seen?
Definition
6. Tranquility
Term
60. What kind of school did Grady lie about attending instead of regular school?
Definition
60. home school
Term
61. What did Charlie thnk Grady's father was not around?
Definition
61. he had run off
Term
62. Reading what book made Grady fell like he was visiting an old friend?
Definition
62. (Great) Gilly Hopkins
Term
63. What smell brought back memories of Grady's dad when he would sneak up and put his hands over Grady's eyes to play Guess Who?
Definition
63. oil (oily)
Term
64. When his mother got mad, what kind of boots did Grady think would make his mother look like an Amazon Raider action figure?
Definition
64. tall red boots
Term
65. What felt to Grady like static on a distant AM radio station?
Definition
65. his mother's anger
Term
66. What is the sign that the martins are starting to lay eggs?
Definition
66. Taking green leaves into the nest.
Term
67. What color were the beaks of the birds Grady saw in the big farmhouse down the road?
Definition
67. yellow
Term
68. How many clutches of eggs can house sparrows lay each year?
Definition
68. Three to four
Term
69. How many clutches of eggs can martins lay each year?
Definition
69. One
Term
7. How long before his stay at Sunward Path had Grady's father died?
Definition
7. Seven years
Term
70. How many eggs per nest did Charlie find in a little over half the gourds he checked the first day?
Definition
70. one
Term
71. What does PMCA stand for?
Definition
71. Purple Martin Conservation Association
Term
72. What did Grady do to the sparrows caught in Charlie's trap?
Definition
72. let them go
Term
73. How many summers had Marie spent at Charlie's?
Definition
73. four
Term
74. What did Grady use to lure the sparrows away from the trap?
Definition
74. bread
Term
75. What color flowers does Grady's mother dream about planting in the window boxes?
Definition
75. purple
Term
76. How many guys did Grady see taunting the boy when they got off the Addieville Central School bus?
Definition
76. Three
Term
77. Where did Lila and Grady go after picking out paint chips and buying groceries?
Definition
77. the restaurant (June and Bob's)
Term
78. What kind of pie did Grady and Lila share with Bob and June?
Definition
78. lemon meringue
Term
79. Whose wife had just had a baby?
Definition
79. Sal's
Term
8. According to Grady's rating system for the places he and his mom stayed, what was Sunward Path's score?
Definition
8. Three
Term
80. What is the name of Sal's baby?
Definition
80. (Little) Sal
Term
81. What kind of notes did Grady write in his notebook?
Definition
81. how to fix the car
Term
82. What vegetable was in the cake that Charlie liked?
Definition
82. carrot
Term
83. What did Charlie and Grady use to eat their pieces of cake?
Definition
83. their fingers
Term
84. What does Grady tell Charlie that first happens when he meets kids his own age?
Definition
84. they call him names
Term
85. What does Charlie tell Grady a person is without an education?
Definition
85. nothing
Term
86. What was Marie holding in her wedding picture with Charlie?
Definition
86. bouquet/roses
Term
87. What did Charlie's son buy Charlie soon after Marie died?
Definition
87. gourd rack
Term
88.What did Charlie name the first martin to arrive at the gourd rack?
Definition
88. Marie
Term
89. Name 3 of the 4 parts of the internal combustion engine cycle, as described by Charlie.
Definition
89 intake, combustion, compression, exhaust
Term
9. What was Grady's father's name?
Definition
9. Arlan Flood
Term
90. When Charlie visited the school one day, what really got to him about the kids?
Definition
90. the way they talk back to their teachers.
Term
91. Who does Grady say is the boss?
Definition
91. his mom
Term
92. To Grady, what is the one blind spot that Charlie has?
Definition
92. killing sparrows
Term
93. What had happened to the eggs Charlie and Grady found on the ground?
Definition
93. they'd been pecked
Term
94. What was Grady doing when Charlie found him behind the cottage?
Definition
94. picking up pieces of bread
Term
95. What was covering Marie in her gourd?
Definition
95. grass
Term
96. What did Grady use to chase off the sparrows
Definition
96. branch
Term
97. What did Grady write on the flat rock he found near the creek?
Definition
97. Marie
Term
98. What did Grady use to scrape the name into the surface of the stone?
Definition
98. nail
Term
99. Who put the stone on Marie's grave?
Definition
99. Grady
Term
Addieville's babseball team came in second in what competiton last year?
Definition
state regionals
Term
Charlie is a landlord or what creature?
Definition
purple martins
Term
Charlie uses his computer for email and what other purpose?
Definition
the purple matin forum
Term
Charlie's farmhouse has shutters that are what color?
Definition
green
Term
Does Grady prefer to read hardcover books or paperbacks?
Definition
paperbacks
Term
From what year on, do Martins stay loyal to their new colony?
Definition
From the 2nd year on
Term
Grady compares the first day of school as diving into what?
Definition
a tank of freezing water
Term
Grady describes the taste of Charlie's coffee as bitter like what?
Definition
raw rhubarb
Term
Grady's dad was the best mechanic in what county?
Definition
Mason
Term
How did Grady feel after he found out Sal had a wife and baby?
Definition
He felt like a sparrow that had been released from a trap.
Term
How did Grady know he could use a spoon to catapult the crickets?
Definition
from food fights at school
Term
How did Grady's dad say you should treat a car?
Definition
Like a member of a family.
Term
How did Grady's father die?
Definition
He was underneath a jacked up car and it fell on him
Term
How did Grady's rating system work that he used to rate the places they live?
Definition
ten for the best and one for the worst
Term
How did the crickets get to Charlie's house?
Definition
by a UPS truck
Term
How do the crickets arrive at Charlie's house
Definition
UPS
Term
How does Grady feel he betrays Charlie?
Definition
By letting the sparrows free
Term
How does Grady's dad die?
Definition
A car fell on him and crushed him
Term
How does Lila talk when she is nervous?
Definition
Fancy..like a college professor
Term
How far is the nearest library to Charlie's house
Definition
15 miles away
Term
How far were Grady and Lila from the New York state line when the car broke down?
Definition
at least 50 miles
Term
How long ago did Grady's dad die?
Definition
7 years ago
Term
How long did Charlie say it had been since he had eaten vegetables?
Definition
over 40 years
Term
How long did Grady and his mom stay at the Sunward Path commune?
Definition
8 months
Term
How long does Charlie think Lila and Grady should stay with him?
Definition
as long as they want
Term
How long has Charlie's wife been dead?
Definition
four years
Term
How many adults live at Sunward path commune?
Definition
15
Term
How many birds are supposed to nest in each gourd?
Definition
two…a male and a female
Term
How many birds did Charlie have housing for?
Definition
48
Term
How many clutches of eggs can a starling lay each year?
Definition
2
Term
How many crickets did Charlie order?
Definition
1000
Term
How many days after Charlie put up his first gourd rack, did the purple martins arrive?
Definition
4 days
Term
How many eggs does a purple martin lay in a day?
Definition
one
Term
How many gourds had eggs in them?
Definition
over half
Term
How many people stayed at the Sunward Path commune?
Definition
Twenty-one
Term
How many socks does Grady have?
Definition
five and none matched
Term
How much did Charlie pay for the car he bought from Sal?
Definition
300 dollars
Term
How much did Charlie pay Sal for the car he brought to Charlie's farm?
Definition
$300.00
Term
How much did Charlie say he would pay Grady for each gourd he fastened to the rack?
Definition
25 cents
Term
How much did Charlie tell Lila he would sell her the car for?
Definition
$100.00
Term
How much did the mechanical pencil cost Grady
Definition
more than a dollar
Term
How much does Charlie tell Lila he spent on the car?
Definition
100 dollars
Term
How much money does Charlie give Grady for food?
Definition
twenty dollars
Term
How much of a raise does Charlie give Lila?
Definition
20 dollars a week
Term
How old is Grady
Definition
Twelve
Term
How old was Grady when his Father died?
Definition
5 years old
Term
How old was Grady when his Father died?
Definition
He was in kindergarten
Term
In the beginning of the story how many socks does Grady own?
Definition
Five
Term
In the state of Pennsylvania, how long do students have to stay in school?
Definition
until they are 16
Term
In what month does Sunward Path commune begin holding weekly meetings outside?
Definition
In April
Term
The first martin reports always come from what island in Florida?
Definition
Marco Island
Term
What are described as the only things to catch Grady's interest in Charlie's yard?
Definition
3 tall TV antennas
Term
What are Grady's two treasures?
Definition
a worn out paperback book(Great Gilly Hopkins) and a little red corvette toy car
Term
What are Grady's two treasures?
Definition
A worn out book and a little red Corvette
Term
What book does Grady repeatedly check out of the library?
Definition
The Great Gilly Hopkins
Term
What color did Lila pick to paint the living room?
Definition
yellow
Term
What color does Lila paint the walls inside the cottage?
Definition
yellow
Term
What color is a starling's beak?
Definition
yellow
Term
What color is Lila's Hair
Definition
Red
Term
What did Charlie order to feed the half dead birds?
Definition
live crickets
Term
What did Grady do with the birds that were caught in the trap?
Definition
He let them go free
Term
What did Grady think was the perfect description of Charlie Fernwald?
Definition
a wing nut
Term
What did Grady's father always say about cars?
Definition
You have to treat your car like a member of the family
Term
What did Marie's marker look like?
Definition
a large flat rock, oval shaped and lavender in color
Term
What did they start feeding the half dead birds?
Definition
scrambled eggs
Term
What do Charlie and Grady find jam packed in one of the Gourds?
Definition
martins
Term
What do starlings and house sparrows do to other birds?
Definition
Take over their nests, poke holes in their eggs, and kill the young.
Term
What do starlings do with their long sharp beaks?
Definition
stab other birds in the eye
Term
What does a one mean on Grady's rating system?
Definition
one is the worst and means no food and no bed
Term
What does Charlie eat for breakfast everyday?
Definition
sugar Loops
Term
What does Charlie put in the gourds for the martins?
Definition
pine needles
Term
What does Charlie say Grady has a knack for?
Definition
engines
Term
What does Charlie stuff in the gourds?
Definition
pine needles
Term
What does Charlie use for bait in the traps
Definition
bread
Term
What does Charlie use to catch starlings and house sparrows?
Definition
a trap.. big wire and wood cage with a V-shaped baffle at the top
Term
What does cooking give Lila?
Definition
joy
Term
What does Grady do to try to make up for Marie's death
Definition
make a grave marker
Term
What does it mean when martins take green leaves to their nests?
Definition
they are ready to lay eggs
Term
What does Lila call Grady's hair?
Definition
that silppery Flood hair
Term
What does Lila do when she has a headache?
Definition
She pinches the bridge of her nose
Term
What does Marie have on her leg that the other martins don't?
Definition
a band
Term
What does PMCA stand for?
Definition
Purple Martin Conservation Association
Term
What grade does Sal guess Grady is in?
Definition
7th grade
Term
What happened to Melvin-Proctor Junior-Senior High School?
Definition
It was closed for good and now they bus the kids to a central school in Addieville
Term
What happens at a Sunward Path bonfire meeting?
Definition
a couple of hours of discussion followed by singing
Term
What is a martin's beak built for?
Definition
scooping up birds in flight
Term
What is Grady's last name?
Definition
Flood
Term
What is Grady's rating system for places he's stayed?
Definition
1 is the worst, ten is the best.
Term
What is the "purple wave"?
Definition
the scout arrival study…shows purple on a map on the internet as to where martins are spotted
Term
What is the first food Lila made for Charlie?
Definition
Zucchini carrot bread
Term
What is the frozen dinner that Charlie always eats?
Definition
Salisbury steak with french fries
Term
What is the Morgan County Sheriff's name?
Definition
Sheriff Halloren
Term
What is the name of Charlie's son?
Definition
Roger
Term
What is the name of the grocery store in Bedelia?
Definition
Hokey Pokey
Term
What is the name of the librarian who gives Grady a discarded book to keep.
Definition
Mrs. Parravano
Term
What is the name of the mechanic in Bedelia
Definition
Sal Palvino
Term
What is the name of the mechanic that works across the street from June's restaurant?
Definition
Sal Palvino
Term
What is the name of the old school in Bedelia?
Definition
Melvin Proctor Junior-Senior High School
Term
What is the name of the school Charlie visited?
Definition
Addieville Central School
Term
What is the name of the town Grady and Lila walk to after their car breaks down?
Definition
Bedelia
Term
What is the only toy Grady found interesting at the Hokey Pokey grocery store?
Definition
A plastic slingshot
Term
What is the PMCA?
Definition
Purple Martin Conservation Association
Term
What is the worst part of moving to a new place for Grady?
Definition
Going to a new school
Term
What kills Marie?
Definition
house sparrows
Term
What kind of bed is in the cottage?
Definition
a murphy bed
Term
What kind of bird does charlie kill?
Definition
starling
Term
What kind of steak does Charlie eat everyday?
Definition
Salisbury
Term
What kind of tatoo did Rayden have and where?
Definition
a snake winding around his ankle
Term
What kind of teeth does Grady think Sal has?
Definition
movie star teeth
Term
What number is Marie's gourd?
Definition
number 21
Term
What state was the Sunward Path Commune located in?
Definition
Kentucky
Term
What type of bird is a purple martin?
Definition
a swallow
Term
What was Grady's rating for Sunward path?
Definition
barely a 3
Term
What was the name of the main character in Grady's favorite book?
Definition
Gilly Hopkins
Term
What was Tran's name short for?
Definition
Tranquility
Term
What's the best present Lila ever got?
Definition
Her son Grady.
Term
What's the first thing Lila makes for Charlie?
Definition
Zucchini bread
Term
When did Grady's dad give him the toy red corvette?
Definition
the last Christmas his Dad was alive
Term
When does Lila say she started ready to Grady?
Definition
since he was a baby
Term
When Grady first meets June he describes her as looking like a greeting card for which holiday?
Definition
the Fourth of July
Term
Where did Lila's car break down when they were on the way to New York?
Definition
Bedelia, Pennyslvania
Term
Where do Charlie's purple martins spend the winter?
Definition
in Brazil
Term
Where do Lila and Grady plan to go after they leave Kentucky?
Definition
New York State.
Term
Where do the martins spend their winters?
Definition
Brazil
Term
Where does the first reports of the martins movement come from on the internet?
Definition
Floria…Naples & Marco Island
Term
Where had Grady and his family gone on the only family vacation he could remember?
Definition
to the ocean
Term
Where is the closest bus stop to Bedelia?
Definition
Addieville
Term
Which birds did Charlie say were killers?
Definition
starlings and house sparrows
Term
Which character in the story is an optomist?
Definition
Lila
Term
Who are the martins only only hope of staying alive
Definition
Lila and Grady
Term
Who did Lila feel she was meant to save?
Definition
Charlie Fernwald
Term
Who does Charlie say pecked all the eggs?
Definition
House sparrows
Term
Who does Charlie think should home school Grady?
Definition
Charlie
Term
Who gave Charlie his 1st gourd rack?
Definition
His son Roger
Term
Who is Charlie's favorite martin?
Definition
Marie
Term
Who is described as "crazy as a stinkbug on a hot sidewalk"?
Definition
Charlie Fernwald
Term
Who is described as "the crazy old guy up on Wheeler Hill"
Definition
Charlie Fernwald
Term
Who is June's husband?
Definition
Bob
Term
Who suggested Lila might be able to get a job taking care of Charlie Fernwald?
Definition
June from the restaurant
Term
Who suggests that Grady register for school?
Definition
Charlie
Term
Who was the official "teacher" for kids at Sunward Path Commune?
Definition
Rayden
Term
Who worked on Lila's car before they left the commune?
Definition
Russ
Term
Whose hair does Grady's hair resemble?
Definition
His father's hair
Term
Why did all of the birds pile up in the same nest?
Definition
The weather was cold and they were tring to keep warm
Term
Why did Grady think it was his fault his father died?
Definition
Because he wasted time trying to lift the car and didn't call for help right away.
Term
Why does Charlie ask Lila to make Sunday dinner?
Definition
to convince Ethel and Roger Lila is a good cook
Term
Why does Charlie say it's legal to trap and shoot house sparrows?
Definition
They're an introduced species
Term
Why does Roger Fernwald want a sitter to take care of Charlie?
Definition
Because Roger and his wife Ethel are moving to Florida and they don't want Charlie to live out in the country alone.
Term
Why is business slow at June's restaurant?
Definition
Because a new section of the turnpike opened so most people bypass the town.
Term
Why was the toy red corvette important to Grady?
Definition
His dad had given it to him and told him they would buy a real corvette and fix it up together.
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