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