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"Your goal is to consume the number of calories needed to maintain life". Which of Newton's classes had this goal?
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Culinary Arts
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According to "The Survival Handbook of Jerry Potts Academy of Higher Learning and Survival", what did survival depend on?
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Attitude. Visualize success. Be prepared. Always carry a sharp knife.
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Andrew Bullden Starker wrote on July 9th, 1777 about being struck by lightening. What did he see? What did he remember and how was he scarred?
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He saw three spirits, he remembered stealing taffy, and his hands were stained with the coppery hue of the bell.
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At the end of each email Mr. Dumont writes, what does the PS always say?
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remember, the staff at Jerry Potts Academy see everything.
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Explain how Newton got his name, Newton Goddard Starker
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He kept his mother's last name Starker because that was a tradition of the Sarker family. He was named Newton after Sir Issac Newton and Goddard in honor of Robert Goddard the forefather of rocketry
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Grandmother explains the Starkers are struck by lightening because they are what?
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Angels, the Gods are jealous of
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Her secret to living such a long life is?
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Spite. She says she hates everyone
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How and when was Andrew Bullden Starker killed?
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He was murdered by lightening on July 14th 1792
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How did Delilah describe Newton?
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Handsome in an Edgar Allen Poe sort of way (he was pale with dark hair)
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How did Jacob Edward Clark's ancestors get to Canada?
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The Underground Railroad
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How did Josephine get hit by lightning?
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Lightning passed through Newton and entered Josephine's body.
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How had Enid saved Newton?
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Enid pushed Newton away from her as lightning struck
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How had everyone returned from the expedition before Newton and Violet?
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Everyone else worked as a team
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How had Newton's mother protected him?
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By marking the calendar with the start and end of lightning season and had the TV set to the weather channel
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How long had it been since Newton had seen his great grandmother?
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4 years
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How long had it been since Newton's mother passed away?
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2 years
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How many grade 9 students were enrolled in the academy?
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52
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How many lightening rods did Newton remember seeing on his great-grandmother's house?
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Over 500
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How much electricity ran through Newton?
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300 kilovolts
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How much time does Newton have to take off from school to recuperate?
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He will miss a quarter
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How old was Enid when she dies?
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102
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How old was Newton Striker?
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14
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How old was Newton when he realized all of the fear that his name carried with it?
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4
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Is the eye half empty or half full? What does it mean?
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Eyes of animals contain water. It may be necessary to drink it.
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Jacob is at the academy to study writing. What is the title of his book he is writing?
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The Brilliad
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Jerry Potts Indian name was Kyi-yo-Kosi. What does it mean?
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Bear Child
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Male or female. Which pigs are used to locate truffles?
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Female
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Mr Dumont gave Newton a choice between two punishments for fighting with Violet. What were they? What did he choose, and what did he get?
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He could choose physical or intellectual punishment. He choose physical and was put on KP or kitchen duty.
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Name Newton's 1st rules for survival
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Check Weather constantly, Check sky before leaving building, beware of cumulonimbus clouds, Don't take a bath during a storm, Do not become angry, and count to 10 breath in and out
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Newton could hear the electricity zapping its way through the wires in the walls. What did Newton call this?
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A Starker thing
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Newton explains in his paper that truffles are what?
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They are an underground fungus with a heavenly smell
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Newton hears Mr. Dumont tell all the students the talisman is where?
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Under the plow, north of the swan, and the place is hairless
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Newton solved Dumont's riddle. What was each clue?
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The plow-the north star, the swan- the northern cross, the hairless place- bald butte
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Sheep's heart and liver minced with onions and boiled in the stomach of a sheep. What was that?
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Haggis
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Surviving, according to great-grand mother is not about right or wrong, it is about/
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Weak or strong
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To defend his honor he decides he and Violet will do what?
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Have a boxing match
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True or False Enid Starker was married to a lightning rod salesman
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TRUE
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What advice did Jacob have for Newton's boxing match with Violet?
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Hide behind your gloves
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What advice did Newton hear about the lightning?
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Let Mother Nature pass through us
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What animal's head rose above the school's gates?
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A wolf's head
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What are ghillie brogues?
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High laced brown shoes with extra grip
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What are Newton's five first quarter classes?
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Mercantile Fitness, and Survival 9, Biology and Survival of the Fittest 9,Literature and Communication 9, Culinary Arts and Survival 9, Ethics of Survival 9
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What are sgian dubhs?
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Traditional Scottish knives
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What are the parts of the uniform Newton must get used to wearing at the academy
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Prince Charlie Jacket, Fly plaid scarf, kilt, sporran hose, and ghille boots.
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What are truffles?
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Underground fungus
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What arrived in the mail, along with the truffles?
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Josephine-a pig
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What can the eyes of an animal be used for in an emergency
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The liquid can be sucked out of them because the eye is half liquid.
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What did Newton feel that he would die from?
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A lightning strike
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What did Newton have in his room that reminded him of his mother?
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A framed picture and a framed drawing of a human hand, skin peeled back, revealing the tendons.
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What did Enid call Newton's father?
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The dome headed wonder boy
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What did Enid feel kept her alive?
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Spite
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What did Enid give to Newton?
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His septuple great grandfather's journal
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What did Enid leave to the Welakwa Senior's Home?
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Money for new lawn bowling green, if they built a statue of her.
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What did Enid Starker believe was the cause of the family being struck by lightning?
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Enid believed the family were angels and that eternal fighters were trying to wipe the angels out.
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What did he eat?
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crickets and beetles
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What did Josephine do that showed her special qualities?
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Located Newton's key to the laptop safety box.
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What did Mr. McBain say about Newton's quiche?
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Best gopher quiche in history
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What did Newton do to Violet Quon? Why?
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Newton flipped his lunch tray and his porridge landed on Violet's kilt. Newton thought that Violet was the one who threw the rock that made his kilt drop.
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What did Newton feel when Violet kissed him?
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An electrical current through his body
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What did Newton find difficult to believe about Josephine?
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Newton hadn't given her a shock when he touched her.
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What did Newton learn from his experience?
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Newton wasn't afraid anymore
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What did Newton make for himself after he woke up his first morning in the forest?
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A tea made leaves
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What did Newton take along on the expedition that proved to be a lifesaver?
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Josephine the pig
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What did Newton wear in his junior grades he did not wear now?
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A special lightening deflecting tin-foil hat
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What did Newton's father (Geoffrey) do for a living?
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Structural engineer
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What did Newton's father propose after Enid's death?
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Homeschooling
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What did Newton's great-grandmother Enid Starker call his father?
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"the dome-headed wonder boy"
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What did students at the Jerry Potts Academy wear instead of pants?
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Kilts
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What did Violet ask Newton at Nit's?
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Violet asked for a truce
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What did Violet send to Newton in sick bay? Who else was known for doing this?
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She sent a rose and Al Capone sent them after the St Valentines Massacre
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What does Jacob tell Newton his plight with lightening makes him?
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A classic tragic hero, cursed by the gods like in Greek mythology
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What does Mr. Dumont assign the students to find during their outing in Mercantile Fitness?
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To search for herbaceous perennials
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What does Mr. Dumont give to Newton at the beginning of the expedition and what does he tell him to do?
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He gives him a walkie talkie and tells him if the weather gets bad to call him
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What does Newton ask Josephine to do?
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find the talisman
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What does Newton receive in the mail along with the truffles?
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A small pig named Josephine
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What does Newton tell his mother as he visits her grave?
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He is not afraid of the lightning anymore.
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What does Violet suggest to Jeremy at the Thai restaurant? What is Newton's response
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They call a truce and work together. He tells her never
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What famous gangster was Moose Jaw a home away from home for?
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Al Capone
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What good news does Jacob share with Newton about his book?
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A publisher from Toronto wants to publish it
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What had been Newton's mother's occupation?
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Medical illustrator
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What had the school invested in after Newton was accepted into the school?
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Several new lightening rods
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What had the Starker name been previously?
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MacStarker
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What happened after Violet kissed Newton?
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Newton was hit by lightning
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What happened to Josephine?
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She touched Newton's leg and was struck too.
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What happened to Newton as he recited his poem?
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He was hit with a rock and his kilt dropped
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What happened to Violet on Bald Butte?
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Violet fell and broke her leg
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What happens if students turn their library books in late?
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They are assigned stable duty
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What happens to Newton next?
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He is struck by lightening
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What happens to Violet after her Newton scuffle for the phone? What des Newton do?
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She falls down a hill and breaks her leg. Newton thinks she is trying to trick him and leaves her.
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What is a sgians dubhs?
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traditional Scottish knives
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What is a southpaw?
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Left handed boxer
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What is a sporran?
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A brass plated pouch with a broom of horse hair worn over the belly button
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What is it that all the students are looking for?
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The talisman
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What is its Gaelic Motto?
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"Survival through fierce intelligence"
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What is Newton going to do for culinary class?
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Make a truffle dish using the rare French truffles
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What is Newton's favorite thing about Moose Jaw?
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It is in a low lightening strike(light blue) area
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What is special about Josephine
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She understands English and Newton does not shock her.
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What is the best kind of truffle?
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Black truffle
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What is the first thing Josephine find for Newton?
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a creek
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What is the main ingredient McBain brought in for everyone's dish?
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Richardsons's Ground Squirrels or as the locals call them Goffers.
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What is the tourist attraction in Moose Jaw?
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the underground tunnels used by bootleggers and Chinese immigrants
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What kind of house did Newton grow up in and why?
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A monolithic concrete dome designed by his father and it was lightening proofed
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What part of the car is safe for Newton in a thunder storm?
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The interior if you do not touch any metal
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What place were Violet and Newton in finding the talisman?
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Last because they worked alone.
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What poem did Newton recite on his first day at the academy?
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A Red, Red Rose by Robbie Burns
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What poem did Newton try to recite?
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"A Red, Red Rose"
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What school is The Survival Handbook from?
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Jerry Potts Academy of Higher Learning and Survival (JPAHLS)
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What shape did the cumulonimbus clouds take?
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Anvil shaped clouds
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What tribe was his Indian mother from?
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The Blackfoot
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What type of books did Jacob write?
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Fantasy
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What type of clouds posed a threat to Newton?
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Cumulonimbus clouds
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What type of duel did Violet want?
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Boxing
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What type of home did Newton and His family live in?
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A geodesic dome
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What was a sporran?
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A brass plated pouch with a broom of horsehair
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What was a Starker family trait?
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One blue eye, one gray eye
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What was an advantage of the wearing the kilts?
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Kilts made it easier to wade through ponds or to swim, if a students had to dive fully clothed into a river to save a companion
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What was an unusual family trait for the Starkers?
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Mis matched eyes. Newton's were sky blue and cloudy gray.
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What was Delilah's "Starker Friend Policy"?
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No friends, they might be struck by lightning and die
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what was Delilah's promise to Newton?
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He would always have her
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What was expected of the students on the expedition?
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The students were expected to spend 48 hours on their own in the wild to locate a talisman
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What was Geoffrey's favorite food that Newton made?
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Eggs Benedict
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What was his father's favorite meal?
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Eggs Benedict
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What was his punishment for bringing Josephine on the expedition?
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Another week of kitchen duty when he returned
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What was Jerry Pott's occupation?
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He guided NorthWest Mounted Police across the Canadian prairies
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What was monogrammed on Newton's boxers?
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NGS-Newton Goddard Starker
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What was Moose Jaws main tourist attraction?
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The tunnels
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What was Newton impressed with on his first visit to the academy?
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Sense of permanence. It could stand up to a thunderstorm
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What was Newton's #1 rule for survival?
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Check the weather constantly
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What was Newton's favorite thing about Moose Jaw?
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Moose jaw was in the light blue zone on the lightning strike map. (low number of lightning strikes)
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What was Newton's great grandfather's name?
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Andrew
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What was Newton's punishment for fighting with Violet?
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KP duty-Kitchen police
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What was Newton's punishment for taking Josephine on the expedition?
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An extra week of KP duty
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What was Newton's room similar to?
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An army barracks
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What was Newton's secret ingredient?
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Truffles
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What was Newton's social responsibility?
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Not to make friends, it was dangerous to get too close
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What was Newton's uncle's name?
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Darwin
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What was on the roof of the central building at the academy?
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Several sword-shaped lightning rods
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What was rule #7 regarding riding in cars during a storm?
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The interior was safe, but don't touch any metal parts
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What was Starker's mother's name?
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Delilah
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What was the buzzing Newton sometimes heard in his ears?
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The buzzing of electricity through the walls.
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What was the clue to locating the talisman?
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Under the plow, north of the swan
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What was the good news that Jacob shared with Newton?
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A publisher in Toronto wanted his book
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What was the Hall of Heroes at the academy?
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A display of photos of former students who had become famous. The listing of the student's with the highest marks for the past 80 years.
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What was the main ingredient of the student dishes in Culinary Arts class?
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Gopher
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What was the name of Jacob's first book?
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Brilliad
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What was the name of Newton Striker's school?
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Jerry Potts Academy of Higher Learning and Survival
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What was the name of the home where Enid Starker lived?
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Welakwa Home for the Elderly
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What was the Orator's Perch?
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A bench like stone a farmer had found 60 yrs. Ago
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What was the other reason students wore kilts?
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The academy got the kilts at a discount.
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What was the Plow? What was the Swan?
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Plow-Big Dipper, Swan-Northern Cross
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What was the reaction of the residents to Enid's death?
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The residents applauded.
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What was the school's motto?
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"Survival through fierce intelligence"
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What was the talisman and who found it first?
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A cell phone and Violet found it first
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What was the talisman?
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A cell phone
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What was unique about "The Brilliard?
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One sentence lasted one thousand pages
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What was Violet's nickname for Newton?
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Rod
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What was Violet's punishment for fighting?
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Bell ringer and stable duty
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What was Violet's punishment for fighting?
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Bell ringer
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What were the 2nd stupidest words ever spoken by a Starker?
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Newton's challenging Violet to a duel
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What were the colors of the kilts students wore at the academy?
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Red, green and blue plaid
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When could Newton play outdoors?
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Wintertime
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When Newton and his great grandmother touched what happened
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She pushed him through the door and she was struck by lightning
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When Newton heads back to find Violet, what happens?
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A thunderstorm blows up
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When were students allowed to wear regular clothes?
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During leisure time
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Where are the Cypress Hills?
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In the southwestern part of Saskatchewan
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Where are truffles harvested?
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France
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Where did Newton get his weather information?
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Environment Canada
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Where did the grade 8 expedition take place?
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Cypress Hills
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Where did the school uniform originate from?
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Scotland
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Where does Newton take cover from the thunderstorm after leaving the Thai restaurant?
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The Tunnels of Moose Jaw tour
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Where is Newton's Expedition going to be?
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Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park
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Where is the JPAHLS located
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On the edge of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Where was his mother and what day was it when she was struck by the lightening bolt that killed her?
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It was the first day of lightening season and she was near the Presbyterian church
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Where was Jacob Clarke from?
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Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Where was Newton's home?
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Snohomish, Washington
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Where was Newton's oasis from school?
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Nit's-a Thai restaurant
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Where was the Jerry Potts Academy of Higher Learning and Survival located?
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Where was the talisman found?
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Bald Butte
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Where was the white zone on the lightning strikes map? (0 strikes)
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Greenland or Antarctica
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Who called the nurse after Newton's head hit the radiator during the fight?
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Violet
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Who called the nurse for Newton?
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Violet
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Who did Newton see after Violet knocked him out? What did she look like
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His mother glowing blue like a neon sign
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Who did Newton see on Bald Butte?
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Violet
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Who did Newton think would be able to get him the rare Truffles?
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Chef Lacombe in France
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Who does Newton see after he struck by lightening and what does she tell him?
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He sees his mother and she tells him not to be afraid. It all just a stage in a journey and to let it all pass through him.
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Who gave Newton advice about wearing his kilt?
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Jacob
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Who had the largest photo in the Hall of Heroes?
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A lion tamer-Wilhelm Duggs
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Who had thrown the rock at Newton on his 1st day of school?
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Mr. McBain threw the rock
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Who knocks Newton down and why does she call him "Rod"
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Violet his classmate is always giving him a hard time and nicknames him "rod", short for lightening rod
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Who left a rose on the table in Newton's hospital room?
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Violet
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Who said, "you are the classic tragic hero, cursed by the gods"?
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Jacob
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Who was Enid Starker?
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Newton's great-grandmother
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Who was Geoffrey Slights?
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Newton's father
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Who was Mr. McBain?
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An instructor
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Who was Newton named after?
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Isaac Newton and Robert Goddard (forefather of rocketry)
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Who was the Headmaster of the Jerry Potts Academy?
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Mr. Dumont
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Who was the only remaining member of the Starker family, besides Newton?
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Great grandmother Enid
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Who were many of the places in Moose Jaw named after?
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Al Capone-he considered Moose Jaw his home away from home
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Who would get the truffles for Newton?
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Chef Lacombe
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Whose picture is pinned to Newton's wall?
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His mother's
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Why did Deliah institute the Starker's Friend Policy?
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Because her friend, Margret ,was killed by falling when lightening hit Delilah.
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Why did Newton ignore Jacob when he yelled for him to wait up?
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Newton wanted to work alone
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Why did Newton partly blame his mother for his lack of friends?
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Newton's mother made him wear a tin foil hat during his middle school years to deflect lightning
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Why did Newton return to help Violet?
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Newton didn't want to be remembered for leaving another human being helpless and alone
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Why did the boys have to wear kilts?
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They were easier to run and swim in and they got them at a discount
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Why did Violet attend the academy?
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She wanted to be a Mountie, like her father. He attended the academy
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Why does Newton flip his porridge on Violet?
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He thinks she made his kilt come loose.
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Why does Newton's dad feel it is his fault his mother was struck by lightning?
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Because he forgot to switch the calendar over to let her know it was lightning season
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Why does Newton's mother, Delilah insist on seeing the grumpy grandmother?
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Because she is his mother's only living relative
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Why had Newton gone to the Jerry Potts Academy?
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To learn to survive and also to become a better chef.
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Why had only Newton's parents, his coach and Jacob given him a pat on the back?
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Everyone else worried about getting shocked
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Why had the academy accepted Newton?
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It would be good for the school to learn more about surviving lightning strikes.
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Why was Geoffrey so excited when he spotted the academy for the first time?
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Tyndall stone.
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Why was Jacob attending the Jerry Potts Academy?
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To toughen up and work on his writing
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Why was Newton's last name different from his fathers?
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Starker tradition required anyone with Starker genes to keep the name
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Why was there a Scottish influence at the Jerry Potts Academy?
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Jerry Potts had been half Scottish
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Why were neckties banned from the academy?
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Ties interfered with outdoor activities
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