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1. Jenna Boller, the main character, works at Gladstone Shoes, a company known for their quality. Mrs. Gladstone, the owner of Gladstone's, needs an assistant to drive her to all of Gladstone's locations throughout the summer to check up on how business is going. For this job, Mrs. Gladstone chooses Jenna. What is Mrs. Gladstone's first name?
2. The reason the owner chose Jenna to be her assistant is because she is, although young, an expert shoes saleswoman. She knows all the brands by heart and treats all the customers with lots of respect, somewhat like a (fictional) famous shoes salesman mentioned in the story. What was his name?
3. Before she left on her road trip, Jenna had to say good-bye to a lot of people, one of them being her grandmother. She had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's, so she was placed in Shady Oaks Nursing Home with a lively roommate. What was this roommate's name?
4. Elden, Mrs. Gladstone's son, wanted to take control of Gladstone's, but everyone was opposed to this. Elden would compromise Gladstone's quality to lower prices and sell more shoes. Mrs. Gladstone would not allow this, even though she is 72 years old. Elden does have some control of the company though; he hired Miles Wurlitzer, who is awful at shoe selling, to be a manager. In what city does Miles work?
5. The next state they drove through was Illinois. In the city of Springfield, Mrs. Gladstone and Jenna stayed in a hotel. Was the restaurant inside the hotel called El Pollo Loco?
6. In the Illinois branch of The Shoe Warehouse, another shoe company, Jenna goes in as a shoe spy for Mrs. Gladstone. While monitoring the salespeople, she notices that one of them treated a mother that was shopping for five children rudely. She stepped into offer her assistance in finding pairs of shoes for the children. One of the children wanted shoes that she could "run and jump" in. What was this child's name?
7. In Chicago, Jenna meets Alice Lovett, a woman who wears a 5 and half size shoe. She also discovers Alice's former job (she's around seventy now). What is it?
8. Next, Kansas City. In this branch of Gladstone's, Jenna thought "...felt like I was in an elegant house with _______ furniture." What goes in the blank?
9. On to Texas! In the biggest Gladstone's store (it has three stories; women, men, and children) the business is booming! It's run by some of Mrs. Gladstone's old friends. Is Mrs. Gladstone's hip acting up?
10. At the stockholder's meeting, Mrs. Gladstone reluctantly retires from her shoe company. How does Jenna react to this?
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