Strangeworlds from Kelsey New Flashcards
Strangeworlds: What was the one element of the Strangeworld’s Travel Agency shop that refused to fade into the background?
The sign over the window
Strangeworlds: How was the Strangeworld’s Travel Agency sign described?
Gold letters embellished with black on ruby red background, a globe at the beginning and end
Strangeworlds: How did the rest of the Strangeworld’s store front look?
Leaded windows were dirty and cracked; peeling paint on the front door; never seemed open
Strangeworlds: How long ago did the Agency open?
150 years
Strangeworlds: The only thing that changed on the Strangeworld shop storefront was the globes - they were repainted occasionally, why were they repainted?
To reflect the shifting borders of various countries
Strangeworlds: Who is the Head Custodian of Strangeworld’s Agency?
Jonathan Mercator
Strangeworlds: What was Jonathan’s magnifying glass made out of?
Bronze metal with a thick glass lens; swirled tortoiseshell
Strangeworlds: What was the most modern item in Jonathan’s possession?
Typewriter from the 1960s
Strangeworlds: What is the name of the couple who comes out of the first suitcase in the beginning of the story?
Mori and Alfred Hudspeth
Strangeworlds: What is rule number one at Strangeworlds?
Don’t Lose Your Luggage
Strangeworlds: What is the restricted item the Hudspeth’s have in their possession when they return?
A magnifying glass
Strangeworlds: Where did Flick’s family move in the beginning of the story?
The Elm Tree Estate in the village of Little Wyverns
Strangeworlds: What are Flick’s parents names?
Isaac Hudson
Strangeworlds: What is Flick’s full name?
Felicity Hudson
Strangeworlds: What is Flick’s father’s job?
Trash collector
Strangeworlds: What is Flick’s mother’s job?
Post office clerk
Strangeworlds: How old is Flick?
Twelve
Strangeworlds: What is the item Flick refers to as one of her most precious things?
Agate crystal that is thin as glass and swirled with pink and purple (she places on top of her lamp and the zigzag light turns into an aurora on her ceiling_
Strangeworlds: What is Flick’s baby brother’s name?
Freddy
Strangeworlds: How old is Jonathan Mercator?
Eighteen
Strangeworlds: What can Flick see in the magnifying glass?
The world sparkled and shone like a kaleidoscope; a glowing crack
Strangeworlds: Where does the travel agency send you?
To other worlds
Strangeworlds: When Flick points out the one missing suitcase, what does Jonathan say about it?
It’s in use at the moment
Strangeworlds: In the intro to the book, it says that what does not like to be noticed?
Magic
Strangeworlds: What was always clearly painted at the Strangeworlds Travel Agency?
The sign over the window
Strangeworlds: The boy who visited the travel agency at the beginning of the book mistook it for what store?
Games Warehouse
Strangeworlds: What does Jonathan Mercator toss to the boy who visits the travel agency mistakenly?
A magnifying glass
Strangeworlds: Why does the boy at the beginning of the book think the place couldn’t be a travel agency?
It doesn’t even have a computer
Strangeworlds: What did Jonathan like to use the 1960s typewriter for?
Passive-agressive notes he hid in library books
Strangeworlds: What did Mori Hudspeth have hanging around her neck when she came out of the suitcase with her husband?
Three pairs of spectacles
Strangeworlds: What was wrapped around Mori Hudspeth’s ankle when she returned to the travel agency?
A bright-red slimy tentacle
Strangeworlds: When were the Hudspeths due back according to their registration?
In another week
Strangeworlds: What did Hudspeth pull out from inside his shirt when they returned to the travel agency?
A wet guidebook
Strangeworlds: What did Hudspeths say the ship captain called the octopus-like creatures?
Hafgufa, monster of the mist
Strangeworlds: How tall is Jonathan Mercator?
5’8”
Strangeworlds: Where did the Hudspeths say they got the magnifying glass they brought back?
Five Lights
Strangeworlds: How much did Hudspeth say the magnifying glass cost?
An arm and a leg
Strangeworlds: What did Jonathan do with the magnifying glass the Hudspeth’s brought back?
Stepped on it; cracked it in two pieces
Strangeworlds: What was Flick’s mom excited about with the new house on the ride there?
It had a garden and two toilets
Strangeworlds: What did Flick’s old doorbell get stuck chiming after rain got into it?
We Will Rock You
Strangeworlds: What was the name of Flick’s old school?
Lawrence Academy
Strangeworlds: What is the name of Flick’s new school?
Byron Hall
Strangeworlds: What is the only thing about Flick’s new school that doesn’t sound awful to her?
They use real pianos for music lessons
Strangworlds: Flick thought their new lawn looked like someone had played a bad game of what in the yard?
Jumanji
Strangeworlds: How does Flick describe her new room when her mom asks her about it?
Nice, and a bit beige
Strangeworlds: What is the first meal the Hudsons have in their new house?
Fish and chips
Strangeworlds: What does Flick’s dad suggest she do on the day after they move in?
Find her school
Strangeworlds: Who gave Flick her mushroom-shaped lamp?
Nanna and Granddad Pitchford
Strangeworlds: What was the last thing that Flick packed from her old house that she takes out and hangs up right away?
A world map
Strangworlds: What was the only country Flick had marked off on her map of the world?
The UK
Strangeworlds: What was in the wooden jewelry box at the bottom of the box marked with Flick’s dad’s name?
Envelopes and paperwork
Strangeworlds: Where was Flick’s agate from?
The Blue-John Mines (a trip with just her dad)
Strangeworlds: Why did Flick like Math better than English?
In Math you were always right or wrong
Strangeworlds: Who had told Flick that you could use numbers to lie?
Her favorite math teacher, Mr. Kalil
Strangeworlds: How did Flick describe the prickling feeling she felt when she first saw Strangeworlds?
Like curiosity mixed with oranges
Strangeworlds: What are some of the labels on the clocks on the mantel at Strangeworlds?
Cove of Voices, Aquata Minor, Crystal Forest, City of Five Lights
Strangeworlds: Jonathan asks Flick if she’s any relation to whom?
Henry Hudson, the explorer
Strangeworlds: What is the first world Flick visits with Jonathan?
Crystal Forest
Strangeworlds: What six worlds are on the list in Daniel Mercator’s notebook that Flick found in another world?
The City of Five Lights, Tam’s Forest, Snowmore, The Break, Coral City, Desert of Dreams
Strangeworlds: What is the name of the book Jonathan gives Flick to look through before she decides to join the society?
A Study of Particulars in regards to the Strangeworlds Society
Strangeworlds: Which two people originally established the Strangeworlds Society?
Miss Elara Mercator and Mr. Henry L’Estrange
Strangeworlds: In what year was the Strangeworlds Society established?
1873
Strangeworlds: What is the name used for gateways to other worlds?
Schisms
Strangeworlds: What does Felicity see when she looks through a piece of the broken magnifying glass?
Glitter
Strangeworlds: What does Jonathan tell Flick the magnifying glass reveals rather than creates?
Magic
Strangeworlds: What item does Jonathan bring out to demonstrate magic to Flick when she says it’s just a trick?
A magician’s hat
Strangeworlds: What does Flick feel when she sticks her hand through the magic hat?
Something soft and spiky (grass)
Strangeworlds: What is hanging out of the mouth of the rabbit Jonathan eventually draws from the hat?
A dandelion
Strangeworlds: What does Jonathan give Flick “for the shock” after learning about magic?
Tea and a plate of cookies
Strangeworlds: What year was the travel agency opened as the base for the Strangeworlds society?
1895
Strangeworlds: What do schisms feed on?
Magical energy
Strangeworlds: Who is the only one so far who’s been able to move schisms and contain them in suitcases?
Elara Mercator
Strangeworlds: What will happen if a schism is left loose in the air?
It will eventually clot and close
Strangeworlds: It is the Society’s sworn duty to do what?
Protect every world they know of
Strangeworlds: What is the ability to see magic called?
Magical Sight
Strangeworlds: What did Icelandic legend call magic, which they thought could be revealed by looking through hagstones, horses’ bridles, or under their own arm?
The Unseen
Strangeworlds: What is Jonathan’s magnifying glass made of?
Crystals from Crystal Forest
Strangeworlds: What can Flick see through a magnifying glass that even Jonathan can’t see?
Schisms, and which suitcases have been used recently
Strangeworlds: Why does Jonathan says it’s beyond forbidden to use a schism that’s not contained in a suitcase?
It would probably kill a person (sucking all their magic)
Strangeworlds: What does Jonathan say a cartographer is?
A mapmaker
Strangeworlds: What happens if the magic in a world is used up?
It collapses
Strangeworlds: What did Flick see in the Crystal Forest that was the size of a labrador with wings like thin slices of geodes?
A butterfly
Strangeworlds: What is featured on the wall of the Strangeworlds Travel Agency?
Pictures of former society members
Strangeworlds: How long has it been since Jonathan’s father disappeared?
A couple of months
Strangeworlds: What does Flick have an alarm set for on her watch?
A reminder to pick up Freddy
Strangeworlds: What are the three names that were jotted on the first page of Flick’s copy of the Study of Particulars?
Anthony Mercator, Juliet Mercator, Aspen Thatcher
Strangeworlds: When Flick returns to the travel agency and the door is locked, what does she originally think Jonathan is on the desk?
A pile of laundry
Strangeworlds: What originally prevented Flick from getting into the suitcase against the desk while Jonathan was in the shower?
It was locked
Strangeworlds: What was at the top of a cliff in the world that Flick went to which was covered in sand?
A lighthouse
Strangeworlds: What did Flick find in the sand by accidentally crunching something in the world with the lighthouse?
Remnants of a picnic
Strangeworlds: What led away from the picnic sight to the water in the sandy world with the lighthouse?
Drag marks
Strangeworlds: What was on the white paint of the lighthouse close to the door?
A red handprint
Strangeworlds: In the lighthouse, Flick finds a picture of a man and woman looking sad but holding what in their arms?
Two babies
Strangeworlds: What was the one word Flick could read on the papers on the desk at the lighthouse?
Mercator
Strangeworlds: What did Flick find belonging to Daniel Mercator in the sandy world with the lighthouse?
A notebook
Strangeworlds: What clued Jonathan in that Flick had traveled somewhere while he was taking a shower and getting dressed?
The tea kettle was whistling for a long time
Strangeworlds: Why was Jonathan originally upset when Flick said she had something from the lighthouse world?
He had told her never to take anything from another world
Strangeworlds: What is in Daniel Mercator’s notebook besides a few scribbed notes?
A list of worlds
Strangeworlds: How many worlds have an “x” by them on Daniel’s list in his notebook?
3
Strangeworlds: When Flick is stuck at home for a while, how does she describe her feeling of wanting to get back to the travel agency?
An itch, like itchy-feet; an invisible string tying her to the agency
Strangeworlds: What is going to happen at the Hudson house that Flick’s mom tells her to “make herself scarce”?
Installing a new alarm
Strangeworlds: Who is Jonathan helping rescue from a suitcase when Flick returns to the agency one day?
Mr. Golding
Strangeworlds: What had Jonathan told Mr. Golding not to mention in regards to a yeti in the world he was visiting?
The yeti’s haircut
Strangeworlds: What world does Jonathan take Flick to on what he calls her “first offical trip” after becoming a member?
Coral City
Strangeworlds: What is the ground like on the outskirts of Coral City?
Like a trampoline
Strangeworlds: What does Jonathan say the giant translucent globes are beneath them when they’re on a hill in Coral City?
Fruit from a vining plant, like giant grapes
Strangeworlds: In the world with the bouncy ground, Jonathan says jumping off the cliff isn’t like falling, it’s like what?
Swimming
Strangeworlds: How many suitcases does Jonathan say he has in his possession at Strangeworlds?
743
Strangeworlds: What’s the one place that Jonathan was convinced his dad would have visited in Coral City?
The confectioner’s
Strangeworlds: What was the candy that Daniel Mercator could only get in Coral City?
Wilson’s Whirly Wax in buzzberry flavor
Strangeworlds: What kind of candy in Coral City shouldn’t be sold to kids under 5 because it could cause mild levitation?
Salisbury Twists
