Bluefish Flashcards
What’s Velveeta’s real first name?
Vida
Why doesn’t Travis say anything to the student when he returns his shoe to him?
If it were him, he’d just want his shoe back and not want to talk
What class does Travis skip on his first day of school?
Reading
How many times has Travis skipped school before now?
4
Who does Velveeta write letters to about her day?
Calvin
Why does Velveeta go to Calvin’s trailer all the time?
Calvin’s trailer is the safest and best place she knows and nobody else knows she’s the so she’s left alone
Why does Velveeta keep sitting with Travis at lunch?
She saw him give Whistler his shoe back
What meetings does Grandpa attend?
Alcoholics Anonymous
What does Velveeta always ask Travis for at lunch?
His dessert
Who gave Velveeta her scarves?
Calvin
Who is Rosco and what happened to him?
Travis’s dog. He went missing one day and never came back
Where are Travis’s parents?
Dead. Travis’s mom got sick and died and his dad died in a car accident 3 months later.
What was Rosco’s job?
He became Travis’s mother and father after they died as well as a couple of brothers
Where does Velveeta have a job?
The library
What do people say about Velveeta at school?
She gets drunk every night, her brother’s a drug dealer, and as dates older guys
Why did Bradley Whistler think Velveeta was dumb?
She wears the same clothes all of the time as gets in fights
Why does Bradley think Travis and Velveeta are going out?
They sit together at lunch and are a boy and girl that are friends
Why does Velveeta like Travis?
He has pretty eyes and he doesn’t talk on and on about boring stuff
What does Mr. McQueen ask Travis after Travis didn’t turn in his work?
If he wanted to read
Who started sitting with Velveeta at lunch?
Bradley Whistler
Why does Velveeta find Bradley Whistler fascinating?
He’s really smart, the only black kid in their class, an unbelievable dork, the shortest of the shorties, really bad at sports, and still alive
How did Travis’s dad die?
He ran into a tree while driving drunk
Who is Jimmy?
Velveeta’s older brother who deals drugs
How does Velveeta find out that Travis can’t read?
She notices Travis circling words in his book like a girl in the book that she’s reading who can’t read
What book was Velveeta reading that helped her figure out Travis’s secret?
The Book Thief
Who is Calvin?
A neighbor of Velveeta’s who died and helped her with her schoolwork. It’s his trailer that she hangs out in
Why does Velveeta help Travis learn how to read?
She wants to be a part of it
What is the name of the dog that Travis befriends?
Larry
How does Travis make friends with Larry?
Feeds him treats as he walks by
What was the name of Travis’s old reading teacher?
Mrs. Keatley
How long has Grandpa been sober before?
30 days
What’s the name of the book that Mr. McQueen is using to teach Travis how to read?
Haunt Fox
Who kicks Velveeta out of Calvin’s trailer?
Sylvia, Calvin’s daughter
Why did Grandpa move him and Travis?
He was 3 months behind rent and Travis’s father’s life insurance money was almost gone. Plus, he got a job at the bakery, the house was cheap, and AA meetings were close by
What really happened to Rosco?
Grandpa accidentally ran over him and then buried him on the back edge of Lenski’s cornfield
What did Velveeta ask Sylvia to give back to her
Her scarves
Who did Sylvia say the scarves belonged to?
Sylvia’s mother
What does Larry’s owner ask Travis to do?
Walk Larry sometimes
What does Bradley lie to his dad about and why?
He tells his dad he needs to get to school early to study and that he has to stay late for chess club, but here hides out in the library or the park until the bullies at the picnic table leave
Why did Bradley un-ask Velveeta to the dance?
He knew that she wouldn’t want to go with him and so Travis could ask her
What was the best thing to happen to Velveeta in 44 days?
Helping Travis learn words
What does Grandpa give Travis after he went to the parent teacher conferences?
Rosco’s collar
Why did Grandpa keep Rosco’s collar and why doesn’t he need it anymore?
To remind him why he shouldn’t drink, but now he can look at Travis to remind him not to drink
What advice does Travis give Bradley about how to deal with Chilson and the bullies?
Treat them like they’re normal
How do Grandpa and Velveeta know each other?
Velveeta sees Grandpa at the bakery every Saturday
Where is Travis’s special place that he takes Velveeta to one Saturday?
The swamp behind his old house
Who is Velveeta’s lawyer friend that she wants eaten?
Calvin’s daughter, Sylvia
How are Calvin and Rosco’s deaths related?
Rosco died exactly once week before Calvin
Why does Velveeta want to drill words with Travis?
It seems like she’s doing something real and she enjoys seeing Travis get the words in his head
How did Calvin die?
Heart attack
What does Velveeta say will give Travis superpowers when he’s reading?
Her scarf
What does Mr.McQueen call Velveeta after a character in the book theif?
A sitter-upper
What was the name of Calvin’s wife?
Janet
What was Travis’s locker number?
78
What was the name of Travis’s old school?
Salisbury
What was the name of Travis’s old reading teacher?
Mrs.Keatly
What was the name of the girl who sat at the end of the lunch table reading?
Amber Raleigh
Who’s party does Travis and Velveeta attend?
Bradley’s anti-dance party
Who gave Velveeta her nickname of Velveeta?
Chad Cormick in second grade
What nickname did Chad give Travis?
Moolio or Coolio Moolio
What’s Bradley’s nickname?
Chocolate Chip
Why does Travis refer himself as bluefish sometimes?
The kids at his old school called him that because of the reading group he was in during 3rd grade
Why does Velveeta say that the bluefish from the book is cool or the “moolio” fish?
It does its own thing and not what the rest of the fish do
What of Rosco’s does Travis carry around with him?
Rosco’s rabies tag
Why does Travis carry Rosco’s rabies tag around with him?
It make Rosco not as much gone
