Location, Location, Location | Characters | Books, Writers, and Characters | Do you Know the Words? | The NASA Science Physicist Guy |
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What is Chicago, Illinois?
Name of the city and state for Things Not Seen
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Who is Mrs. Padgett?
Her nickname is Ms.Badger
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Who is H.G. Wells? Who is The Invisible Man?
Title of book with a crazed maniac albino and Alicia's favorite book (Author and title)
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What is foreseeable?
A synonym for predictable that begins with a 'f'.
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What is true?
True or false? Black or dark colors absorb light thus producing heat.
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What is University of Chicago?
The work place of Bobby Phillips' mother
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Who is Mrs. Van Dorn?
Studied literature at Northwestern, never lets her guard down and has long delicate fingers
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What is Cat's Cradle?
Bobby's favorite sci-fiction novel by Kurt Vonnegut-possible what a kitten would sleep in if a baby
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What is a factoid?
A vocabulary word that means a trivial or silly fact
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What is electric and magnetic?
Name the two fields embedded in an electric blanket?
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What is Hyde Park?
The neighborhood of the Phillips' Family
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Who is Sheila Borden?
Ran away from home, dropped out of college and stole from her father (first and last name)
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Who is Ernest Hemingway?
Bobby read all of this author's books- the one he mentions by name is In Our Time
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What is sarcasm?
Bobby uses this type of verbal irony all of the time
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What is a radio wave?
Name the largest wave that gives the least amount of energy
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What is Miami, Florida?
The place where Great Aunt Ethel lives
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Who is Mr. Creed?
Minor character who offered to drop off homework and missed assignments to Bobby
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Who is Elwood?
On his first trip to the library as invisible,Bobby compares himself to this character from the movie, Blues Brothers. It sounds like Dogwood.
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What is disoriented?
Bobby's mother feels this after a visit with the truancy officer. hint: confused
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What is gamma rays?
Name the smallest wave that emits the most energy
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What is the Regenstein Library?
The name of the library where most of the action takes place
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Who is Mr. Van Dorn?
Resembles Einstein and he teaches astronomy and math
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Who is Huck Finn?
Bobby threatens to commit suicide at one point of frustration in the novel just like this character did in this American Classic
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What is anomaly and phenomenon?
These two words have a very similar meanings and appear several times in the novel. They describe Bobby's condition.
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What is an oscilloscope? What is displays an electrical wave on a fluorescent screen
Name the device that was hidden in the basement and it's function
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