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Strangeworlds from Kelsey New Flashcards

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Strangeworlds: What was the one element of the Strangeworld’s Travel Agency shop that refused to fade into the background?

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The sign over the window

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Strangeworlds: How was the Strangeworld’s Travel Agency sign described?

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Gold letters embellished with black on ruby red background, a globe at the beginning and end

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Strangeworlds: How did the rest of the Strangeworld’s store front look?

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Leaded windows were dirty and cracked; peeling paint on the front door; never seemed open

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Strangeworlds: How long ago did the Agency open?

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150 years

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Strangeworlds: The only thing that changed on the Strangeworld shop storefront was the globes - they were repainted occasionally, why were they repainted?

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To reflect the shifting borders of various countries

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Strangeworlds: Who is the Head Custodian of Strangeworld’s Agency?

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Jonathan Mercator

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Strangeworlds: What was Jonathan’s magnifying glass made out of?

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Bronze metal with a thick glass lens; swirled tortoiseshell

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Strangeworlds: What was the most modern item in Jonathan’s possession?

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Typewriter from the 1960s

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Strangeworlds: What is the name of the couple who comes out of the first suitcase in the beginning of the story?

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Mori and Alfred Hudspeth

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Strangeworlds: What is rule number one at Strangeworlds?

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Don’t Lose Your Luggage

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Strangeworlds: What is the restricted item the Hudspeth’s have in their possession when they return?

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A magnifying glass

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Strangeworlds: Where did Flick’s family move in the beginning of the story?

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The Elm Tree Estate in the village of Little Wyverns

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Strangeworlds: What are Flick’s parents names?

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Isaac Hudson

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Strangeworlds: What is Flick’s full name?

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Felicity Hudson

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Strangeworlds: What is Flick’s father’s job?

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Trash collector

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Strangeworlds: What is Flick’s mother’s job?

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Post office clerk

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Strangeworlds: How old is Flick?

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Twelve

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Strangeworlds: What is the item Flick refers to as one of her most precious things?

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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_

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Strangeworlds: What is Flick’s baby brother’s name?

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Freddy

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Strangeworlds: How old is Jonathan Mercator?

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Eighteen

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Strangeworlds: What can Flick see in the magnifying glass?

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The world sparkled and shone like a kaleidoscope; a glowing crack

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Strangeworlds: Where does the travel agency send you?

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To other worlds

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Strangeworlds: When Flick points out the one missing suitcase, what does Jonathan say about it?

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It’s in use at the moment

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Strangeworlds: In the intro to the book, it says that what does not like to be noticed?

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Magic

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Strangeworlds: What was always clearly painted at the Strangeworlds Travel Agency?

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The sign over the window

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Strangeworlds: The boy who visited the travel agency at the beginning of the book mistook it for what store?

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Games Warehouse

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Strangeworlds: What does Jonathan Mercator toss to the boy who visits the travel agency mistakenly?

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A magnifying glass

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Strangeworlds: Why does the boy at the beginning of the book think the place couldn’t be a travel agency?

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It doesn’t even have a computer

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Strangeworlds: What did Jonathan like to use the 1960s typewriter for?

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Passive-agressive notes he hid in library books

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Strangeworlds: What did Mori Hudspeth have hanging around her neck when she came out of the suitcase with her husband?

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Three pairs of spectacles

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Strangeworlds: What was wrapped around Mori Hudspeth’s ankle when she returned to the travel agency?

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A bright-red slimy tentacle

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Strangeworlds: When were the Hudspeths due back according to their registration?

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In another week

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Strangeworlds: What did Hudspeth pull out from inside his shirt when they returned to the travel agency?

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A wet guidebook

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Strangeworlds: What did Hudspeths say the ship captain called the octopus-like creatures?

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Hafgufa, monster of the mist

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Strangeworlds: How tall is Jonathan Mercator?

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5’8”

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Strangeworlds: Where did the Hudspeths say they got the magnifying glass they brought back?

A

Five Lights

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Strangeworlds: How much did Hudspeth say the magnifying glass cost?

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An arm and a leg

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Strangeworlds: What did Jonathan do with the magnifying glass the Hudspeth’s brought back?

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Stepped on it; cracked it in two pieces

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Strangeworlds: What was Flick’s mom excited about with the new house on the ride there?

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It had a garden and two toilets

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Strangeworlds: What did Flick’s old doorbell get stuck chiming after rain got into it?

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We Will Rock You

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Strangeworlds: What was the name of Flick’s old school?

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Lawrence Academy

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Strangeworlds: What is the name of Flick’s new school?

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Byron Hall

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Strangeworlds: What is the only thing about Flick’s new school that doesn’t sound awful to her?

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They use real pianos for music lessons

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Strangworlds: Flick thought their new lawn looked like someone had played a bad game of what in the yard?

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Jumanji

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Strangeworlds: How does Flick describe her new room when her mom asks her about it?

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Nice, and a bit beige

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Strangeworlds: What is the first meal the Hudsons have in their new house?

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Fish and chips

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Strangeworlds: What does Flick’s dad suggest she do on the day after they move in?

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Find her school

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Strangeworlds: Who gave Flick her mushroom-shaped lamp?

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Nanna and Granddad Pitchford

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Strangeworlds: What was the last thing that Flick packed from her old house that she takes out and hangs up right away?

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A world map

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Strangworlds: What was the only country Flick had marked off on her map of the world?

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The UK

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Strangeworlds: What was in the wooden jewelry box at the bottom of the box marked with Flick’s dad’s name?

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Envelopes and paperwork

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Strangeworlds: Where was Flick’s agate from?

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The Blue-John Mines (a trip with just her dad)

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Strangeworlds: Why did Flick like Math better than English?

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In Math you were always right or wrong

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Strangeworlds: Who had told Flick that you could use numbers to lie?

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Her favorite math teacher, Mr. Kalil

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Strangeworlds: How did Flick describe the prickling feeling she felt when she first saw Strangeworlds?

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Like curiosity mixed with oranges

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Strangeworlds: What are some of the labels on the clocks on the mantel at Strangeworlds?

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Cove of Voices, Aquata Minor, Crystal Forest, City of Five Lights

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Strangeworlds: Jonathan asks Flick if she’s any relation to whom?

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Henry Hudson, the explorer

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Strangeworlds: What is the first world Flick visits with Jonathan?

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Crystal Forest

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Strangeworlds: What six worlds are on the list in Daniel Mercator’s notebook that Flick found in another world?

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The City of Five Lights, Tam’s Forest, Snowmore, The Break, Coral City, Desert of Dreams

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Strangeworlds: What is the name of the book Jonathan gives Flick to look through before she decides to join the society?

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A Study of Particulars in regards to the Strangeworlds Society

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Strangeworlds: Which two people originally established the Strangeworlds Society?

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Miss Elara Mercator and Mr. Henry L’Estrange

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Strangeworlds: In what year was the Strangeworlds Society established?

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1873

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Strangeworlds: What is the name used for gateways to other worlds?

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Schisms

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Strangeworlds: What does Felicity see when she looks through a piece of the broken magnifying glass?

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Glitter

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Strangeworlds: What does Jonathan tell Flick the magnifying glass reveals rather than creates?

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Magic

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Strangeworlds: What item does Jonathan bring out to demonstrate magic to Flick when she says it’s just a trick?

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A magician’s hat

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Strangeworlds: What does Flick feel when she sticks her hand through the magic hat?

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Something soft and spiky (grass)

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Strangeworlds: What is hanging out of the mouth of the rabbit Jonathan eventually draws from the hat?

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A dandelion

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Strangeworlds: What does Jonathan give Flick “for the shock” after learning about magic?

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Tea and a plate of cookies

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Strangeworlds: What year was the travel agency opened as the base for the Strangeworlds society?

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1895

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Strangeworlds: What do schisms feed on?

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Magical energy

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Strangeworlds: Who is the only one so far who’s been able to move schisms and contain them in suitcases?

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Elara Mercator

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Strangeworlds: What will happen if a schism is left loose in the air?

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It will eventually clot and close

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Strangeworlds: It is the Society’s sworn duty to do what?

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Protect every world they know of

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Strangeworlds: What is the ability to see magic called?

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Magical Sight

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Strangeworlds: What did Icelandic legend call magic, which they thought could be revealed by looking through hagstones, horses’ bridles, or under their own arm?

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The Unseen

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Strangeworlds: What is Jonathan’s magnifying glass made of?

A

Crystals from Crystal Forest

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Strangeworlds: What can Flick see through a magnifying glass that even Jonathan can’t see?

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Schisms, and which suitcases have been used recently

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Strangeworlds: Why does Jonathan says it’s beyond forbidden to use a schism that’s not contained in a suitcase?

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It would probably kill a person (sucking all their magic)

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Strangeworlds: What does Jonathan say a cartographer is?

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A mapmaker

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Strangeworlds: What happens if the magic in a world is used up?

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It collapses

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Strangeworlds: What did Flick see in the Crystal Forest that was the size of a labrador with wings like thin slices of geodes?

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A butterfly

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Strangeworlds: What is featured on the wall of the Strangeworlds Travel Agency?

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Pictures of former society members

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Strangeworlds: How long has it been since Jonathan’s father disappeared?

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A couple of months

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Strangeworlds: What does Flick have an alarm set for on her watch?

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A reminder to pick up Freddy

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Strangeworlds: What are the three names that were jotted on the first page of Flick’s copy of the Study of Particulars?

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Anthony Mercator, Juliet Mercator, Aspen Thatcher

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Strangeworlds: When Flick returns to the travel agency and the door is locked, what does she originally think Jonathan is on the desk?

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A pile of laundry

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Strangeworlds: What originally prevented Flick from getting into the suitcase against the desk while Jonathan was in the shower?

A

It was locked

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Strangeworlds: What was at the top of a cliff in the world that Flick went to which was covered in sand?

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A lighthouse

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Strangeworlds: What did Flick find in the sand by accidentally crunching something in the world with the lighthouse?

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Remnants of a picnic

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Strangeworlds: What led away from the picnic sight to the water in the sandy world with the lighthouse?

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Drag marks

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Strangeworlds: What was on the white paint of the lighthouse close to the door?

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A red handprint

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Strangeworlds: In the lighthouse, Flick finds a picture of a man and woman looking sad but holding what in their arms?

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Two babies

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Strangeworlds: What was the one word Flick could read on the papers on the desk at the lighthouse?

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Mercator

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Strangeworlds: What did Flick find belonging to Daniel Mercator in the sandy world with the lighthouse?

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A notebook

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Strangeworlds: What clued Jonathan in that Flick had traveled somewhere while he was taking a shower and getting dressed?

A

The tea kettle was whistling for a long time

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Strangeworlds: Why was Jonathan originally upset when Flick said she had something from the lighthouse world?

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He had told her never to take anything from another world

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Strangeworlds: What is in Daniel Mercator’s notebook besides a few scribbed notes?

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A list of worlds

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Strangeworlds: How many worlds have an “x” by them on Daniel’s list in his notebook?

A

3

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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?

A

An itch, like itchy-feet; an invisible string tying her to the agency

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Strangeworlds: What is going to happen at the Hudson house that Flick’s mom tells her to “make herself scarce”?

A

Installing a new alarm

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Strangeworlds: Who is Jonathan helping rescue from a suitcase when Flick returns to the agency one day?

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Mr. Golding

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Strangeworlds: What had Jonathan told Mr. Golding not to mention in regards to a yeti in the world he was visiting?

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The yeti’s haircut

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Strangeworlds: What world does Jonathan take Flick to on what he calls her “first offical trip” after becoming a member?

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Coral City

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Strangeworlds: What is the ground like on the outskirts of Coral City?

A

Like a trampoline

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Strangeworlds: What does Jonathan say the giant translucent globes are beneath them when they’re on a hill in Coral City?

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Fruit from a vining plant, like giant grapes

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Strangeworlds: In the world with the bouncy ground, Jonathan says jumping off the cliff isn’t like falling, it’s like what?

A

Swimming

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Strangeworlds: How many suitcases does Jonathan say he has in his possession at Strangeworlds?

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743

109
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Strangeworlds: What’s the one place that Jonathan was convinced his dad would have visited in Coral City?

A

The confectioner’s

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Strangeworlds: What was the candy that Daniel Mercator could only get in Coral City?

A

Wilson’s Whirly Wax in buzzberry flavor

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Strangeworlds: What kind of candy in Coral City shouldn’t be sold to kids under 5 because it could cause mild levitation?

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Salisbury Twists

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