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1. August Pullman is a typical 10 year old boy who is obsessed with "Star Wars" and loves his dog Daisy. However, he has had multiple surgeries and people can be surprised by his appearance. What is different about August Pullman?

From Quiz "Wonder" by R.J. Palacio

Answer: He has mandibulofacial dysostosis.

August has Mandibulofacial dysostosis, also known as Treacher Collins Syndrome, which is a very rare condition, occurring in only 1 in 50,000 births. It is a genetic condition that alters the bones and tissues of the face. Treacher Collins syndrome is not associated with intellectual disability, although those with significant facial differences report that they are often treated as though they are intellectually disabled. August is one of the narrators and he describes himself going to school for the first time. He has been homeschooled because he has had 27 surgeries during his early childhood to repair his facial structure.

From Quiz The Wonder of Auggie

Answer: Darth Daisy

Auggie's dad bought her from a man on the street years ago. Auggie wanted to name her Darth Maul, while Via favored the name Daisy. Darth Daisy was the compromise. She dies during the book: she gets old, is in a lot of pain, and is put down. Auggie gets another dog (named Bear) at the end of the book, and he gets to stay home from school for a day to play with him.

From Quiz Reasons to be Cheerful

Answer: She didn't need them.

That's how Pollyanna learned to play the glad game.

From Quiz Pollyanna

Answer: Her aunts

She was named after her two aunts who were called Polly and Anna.

From Quiz The Curse of the Cheese Pyramid!

Answer: Grandfather William

Grandfather William came to take over because Geronimo was spending too much money. Grandfather William is also known as Cheap Mouse Willy.

From Quiz Amelia Bedelia

Answer: Lemon-meringue

Amelia Bedelia said that she was good at making pies and she decided to make one as a surprise for Mr. and Mrs. Rogers. Both Mr. and Mrs. Rogers thought that the pie was a really good pie, and it made Mrs. Rogers forget about being angry with Amelia Bedelia.

From Quiz Willard Price Mania: "Amazon Adventure"

Answer: Terry

Terry owned a battered old plane and when he was flying the Hunts to the Jivaro village he narrowly avoided crashing the plane on numerous occasions, causing Roger to feel sick.

From Quiz Sundancer

Answer: Alberta

This is the girl who befriends Sundancer.

From Quiz "African Adventure" by Willard Price

Answer: The Leopard Society

Joro belongs to this murderous group, and promises to kill Hal and Roger Hunt. Of course, he doesn't. The members of the Leopard Society dress like leopards and are known amongst the locals as 'leopard men'.

From Quiz Cooper Kids Adventure Series

Answer: Gozan

Gozan is a desert rat who loves treasure and rewards. He tried to get Dr. Cooper and his son to take the "treasure of Nimrod" for themselves.

From Quiz "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park

Answer: Ch'ulp'o

Tree-ear lives in Ch'ulp'o, a village on the west coast of Korea that is famous for its pottery.

From Quiz Enter the Diadem, Books 1-3

Answer: the power to see danger coming

Helaine became such a great fighter on her home world of Ordin because she could see attacks coming. Levitation is an ability she gains by using her sapphire. Transfiguration is Score's innate ability and the power to figure things out is Pixel's.

From Quiz "Hey, Remember Fat Glenda?" By Lila Perl

Answer: "Hey, Jelly Belly!"

Glenda Waite is jogging down the street in her neighborhood when a guy rides past her on a bicycle and yells that out to her.

From Quiz "Wonder" by R.J. Palacio

Answer: He makes jokes and discusses classes that would interest Auggie.

Before visiting the school Auggie and his parents joked about the principal's name Mr. Tushman. Upon arrival at the school, Mr.Tushman greeted Auggie and shook his hand 'perfectly normally'. He made sure he could look at Auggie's face. He said he knew about Auggie, and named his interests and some classes that Auggie would like. He then admitted that having a name like Tushman wasn't easy to live with, putting Auggie at ease---that was, until he heard other kids arriving.

From Quiz The Wonder of Auggie

Answer: Mr. Tushman

Mr. Tushman makes Auggie feel at ease about starting school. Auggie thinks his name is funny, and Mr. Tushman tells him that he's sure that the students have nicknames for him that he never hears. That's when Auggie tells him that one of his parents once had a teacher named Miss Butt, and Mr. Tushman replies that her name is worse than his. On a somewhat related note, my mother once had a teacher named Mrs. Yuck.

From Quiz Reasons to be Cheerful

Answer: Because the next Monday is a week away

It's not the day itself that was so dislikable. It was the amount of laundry Nancy had to do.

From Quiz Pollyanna

Answer: Minister

One day he counted up all the texts in the Bible that told you to rejoice, and there were 800.

From Quiz The Curse of the Cheese Pyramid!

Answer: Thea

Grandfather William gives Thea anything she wants, no matter what it is or what it costs.

From Quiz Amelia Bedelia

Answer: Change them

Amelia Bedelia thought that it was strange to want to change such nice towels. She got a pair of scissors and cut them so that they were 'changed' from their original appearance.

From Quiz Willard Price Mania: "Amazon Adventure"

Answer: Nosey

The mother of the young tapir was shot by the Hunts when she tried to kill Hal to prevent him from harming her child.

From Quiz Sundancer

Answer: Chestnut

I think Sundancer is a pretty horse. Sundancer takes after his sire, Dancer. Like Dancer he is chestnut with a blaze and is great at jumping.

From Quiz Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye

Answer: Trap

Trap pulls pranks on Geronimo all the time and he tells dumb jokes; he is very lazy, he loves to eat, and he love to call Geronimo names all the time.

From Quiz "African Adventure" by Willard Price

Answer: Cha and Chu

Roger has a gift for making friends with animals. He finds two abandoned cubs after he is on the leopard man hunt in Chapter Two.

From Quiz Cooper Kids Adventure Series

Answer: Swiss Expedition

Gozan was the one who spotted the skeleton. Dr. Cooper finally got him to calm down, and he told them of the Swiss insignia. Gozan said that five of them went down into the Dragon's Throat, and only four came back. They had found the one that didn't make it out.

From Quiz "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park

Answer: 9 days

He was supposed to work for nine days, but he ended up working longer. Min wasn't happy about it at first but came to like Tree-ear.

From Quiz "Hey, Remember Fat Glenda?" By Lila Perl

Answer: a mail box 12 blocks from home

She was jogging to the furthest mailbox she knew of to mail a letter to her best friend Sara. Sara had moved to California a year ago.

From Quiz "Wonder" by R.J. Palacio

Answer: They were all superficially polite but their reactions varied.

All the kids were polite in front of Mr. Tushman, but it turned out that Julian was mean, Charlotte was very talkative, providing information but was not really friendly, and Jack tried to be helpful.

From Quiz The Wonder of Auggie

Answer: Bleeding Scream

His mom painted a Jango Fett costume to look like Boba Fett. On Halloween morning, Auggie doesn't have time to get into the costume, so he throws on his old Bleeding Scream costume instead. At school, he overhears Jack saying he'd kill himself if he looked like Auggie, which makes Auggie feel ill, so he goes home. He won't talk to Jack for weeks after this.

From Quiz Reasons to be Cheerful

Answer: Hephzibah

Mrs Hephzibah White wasn't happy about her name because her husband used to call her Hep-Hep, and she had a feeling he'll yell 'Hurrah!' next. Florabelle and Estelle were Nancy's sisters and she wanted her own name to be Clarissa Mabelle ... until Pollyanna showed her the appeal of the name Nancy. She also had a brother named Algernon.

From Quiz The Curse of the Cheese Pyramid!

Answer: Egypt

Grandfather William sends Geronimo to Egypt to talk to Professor Alrat Spitfur to talk about an experiment.

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