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2019 WES Reading Olympics > Book Scavenger > Flashcards

Book Scavenger Flashcards

1
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How does Garrison Griswold get hurt?

A

He gets mugged in a subway station.

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2
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What is the book that Emily finds?

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The Gold Bug.

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3
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What age is Garrison when he moves to Bay Area?

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Twelve.

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What words do Emily and James find in The Gold Bug?.

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fort, wild, rat, home, open, belief.

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5
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What are the names of the muggers in the book?

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Clyde and Barry.

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Who was the name of the person who shot Mr. Griswold?

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Clyde

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Where in the BART station did Emily find the Gold Bug?

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In the trash can

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8
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Who is Matthew’s favorite band?

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Flush

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9
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Where was Emily’s family moving from?

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New Mexico

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10
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What city does San Francisco remind Emily of?

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Chicago

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11
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Who is Steve?

A

James cowlick, he named it.

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12
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Who is Emily and James Social Studies teacher?

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Mr. Quisling

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13
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What is Emily’s book scavengers name?

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Surly Wombat

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14
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Why did Mr. Griswold attackers want the Gold Bug?

A

Because they wanted to destroy it

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15
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What state is Emily living in currently?

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California

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16
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What state was Emily born in?

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Washington

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17
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How did Mr. Griswold prefer to travel by

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By street, car, or BART station

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18
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What instrument does Matthew play?

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Guitar

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19
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How long has James lived in San Francisco?

A

His whole life

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20
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What is the longest Emily has ever lived in state?

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Three years

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21
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What is Matthew’s screen name for Flush fan page?

A

FiveSpade

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22
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What does Matthew call Mr. Griswold?

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Old Book Dude

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23
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Who was Hollister?

A

He was the owner of the bookstore that James always went to.

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24
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What is Emilys’ parents goal in life?

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To live in all fifty states in the USA.

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25
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Who is Steve?

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Steve is James’s cowlick.

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26
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What is Mathew’s favorite band?

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Flush

27
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What does James have to do if he loses the cipher challenge to Maddie?

A

Shave off Steve

28
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What does Maddie have to do if she loses the cipher challenge to James?

A

Dye her hair to look like a toadstool.

29
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What book does Mr. Griswold have when he gets mugged?

A

The Gold Bug.

30
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Why doesn’t Barry want the copy of the Gold Bug that Mr. Griswald has in the Bart Station?

A

It was a new copy and he wanted an old copy.

31
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Why doesn’t Emily like the question where are you from?

A

She is trying to move to all fifty states and she is from lots of places.

32
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When Emily asks about Mr. Remora what does Mr. Griswald say he forgot?

A

That not all book people are good.

33
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Why does James get mad at Emily?

A

She is always worried about Mr. Griswald’s game and not about helping James with the cipher challenge.

34
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Why did Mr.Quisling’s class start to learn about ciphers?

A

They started to learn about ciphers because Mr.Quisling caught James passing a cipher to Emily.

35
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When Emily, James and Mathew first saw Clyde and Barry, why did Emily and James think that they were following them?

A

They thought that Clyde and Barry were following them because Mathew had put a flush sticker on the wall when it said not to.

36
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Right before Emily moves, how does she know where she will be moving?

A

Her parents give her and Mathew a surprise dinner including foods from the place their going to.

37
Q

In book Scavenger who (or what) ends up being

Raven?

A

A computer operation system that Mr.Griswald desined himself.

38
Q

What does Emily like to do when she is reading

books?

A

Write in them.

39
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Why did Clyde and Berry try and see who Surly Wombat was on Book Scavenger?

A

They wanted to see who had taken The Gold Bog from behind the trash can.

40
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Who won the first point in the cipher challenge just between Maddie and James?

A

James won the first point in the challenge.

41
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Where was the prize that James and Emily found from Mr.Grizwald’s newest game?

A

They found it in the ground near the edge of San Francisco.

42
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About what time did James and Emily find the prize to

Mr. Grizwalds new game?

A

They found the prize very late at night.

43
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How do James and Emily communicate when they are in their apartments and can’t talk to each other?

A

They communicate in a cipher and to get the message to the other person they would send the note in a bucket attached to a pully.

44
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What is Emily’s Book Scavenger username and why?

A

Surly Wombat because it is an old joke with her brother.

45
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Where did Emily and James hide Inkheart?

A

In Hollister’s Bookstore under the Crafts bookshelf.

46
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What is the cipher key for Emily and James’ messages through the bucket?

A

“The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” except they only use each letter once.

47
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What is the bet between James and Maddie?

A

The bet was whoever gets the most homework passes or gets to 3 first wins.

48
Q

What was different about the Bayside Press stamp on the Gold-Bug?

A

It was a raven instead of a seagull.

49
Q

What or who gave Emily the idea to compare the copies of Gold-Bug?

A

The lady in the computer room who was comparing two scripts to see if all the edits had been made.

50
Q

What was the final prize for Mr. Griswold’s Game?

A

The manuscript for a undiscovered Poe story.

51
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Where did they find the chest with the manuscript in it and what is the address?

A

In a hole, the address is Portsmouth Square, RLS.

52
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How did Emily lose the collection of Poe stories Hollister gave her?

A

She had to give it to Barry and Clyde so they would stop bothering her.

53
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How did Emily find the map that told them to go to Portsmouth Square, RLS?

A

By putting heat near the scarab.

54
Q

Why was Raven activated before the game started?

A

Mr. Griswold wanted to get things done.

55
Q

When did The Gold Bug get lost?

A

When Mr. Griswold got mugged.

56
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Where did Emily find The Gold Bug?

A

In a BART station.

57
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How did Barry get the book?

A

Mr. Remora gave it to him.

58
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Why did Mr. Remora want to solve the puzzle?

A

For the prize.

59
Q

What was Mr. Griswold’s website called?

A

Book Scavenger.

60
Q

What level was first?

A

Encyclopedia Brown.

61
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What level was last?

A

Sherlock Holmes.

62
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What was the book Emily found called?

A

The Gold Bug.

63
Q

Who was Mr. Griswold descended from that was famous?

A

A rival of Edger Allen Poe.

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