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The Adventures of a Girl Called Bicycle Flashcards

1
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Who is the Author?

A

Christina USS

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What is at the front of the book?

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A table of contents, map and title page, The Mostly Silent Monastery.

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What is missing at the beginning of the book?

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The front door to the Mostly Silent Monastery

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Who noticed it first?

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Sister Wanda Magdalena

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5
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What had she retired from years ago?

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Being a Nearly Silent Nun

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6
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Who’s the construction worker in charge of finishing the brand-new building?

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Big Al

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7
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What is special about today?

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It’s move day for the Mostly Silent Monks.

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8
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What is the address of this location?

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65 Monastery Lane in Washington D.C.

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9
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What doe Sister Wanda find inside?

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A little Girl

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10
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What is written on her shirt?

A

Bicycle

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11
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What is the girl NOT doing?

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Talking

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12
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Who founded the monastery?

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Bob the monk

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13
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What eight sacred words Can the monks say?

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Yes, no, maybe, help, now, later, sleep, sandwich

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14
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What do they start calling the little girl?

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Bicycle

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15
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How old do they guess Bicycle is when she comes to them?

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3

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16
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How does Bicycle go to school?

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Sister Wanda Homeschools her

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17
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How many languages could Bicycle translate the Sacred Eight Words into?

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14

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18
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What actor do the monks love?

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Clint Eastwood

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19
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What about other children bothers Bicycle?

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They talk a lot, can’t be silent and don’t know how to listen.

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20
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What do Brother Otto and Bicycle come back from the post office with?

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An orange bike

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21
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What does Bicycle name her bicycle?

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Clunk

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22
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How many years does the story jump in time?

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5 years

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23
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Who is Zbigniew Sienkiewicz?

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A tall, lanky 19-year old bicycle racer from Poland with a blond mustache

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24
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How old is Bicycle when she starts dreaming about the Tour de France?

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12

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25
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What does Bicycle have to help fix when she breaks it?

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The staircase

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26
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What poster does Bicycle see at the travel agency?

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Zbignew “Zbig” Sienkiewicz To Visit America!

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27
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What has Sister Wanda been saving for?

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A sleepaway camp at the Friendship Factory

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28
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What does Bicycle want to spend the money on?

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To go to San Francisco to meet Zbig and try to win a chance to cycle across country with him

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29
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When will Bicycle go to camp?

A

Spring Break

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30
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What gift does Sister Wanda give Bicycle before camp?

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A book called Wheel Wisdom: Great Thoughts from Great Cyclists

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31
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How does Bicycle get off the bus to escape?

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Begs the driver to let her go to the bathroom

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32
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How does Bicycle plan to get to California?

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With Clunk, her bike

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33
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How many miles does she need to do it by?

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Almost 4,000 miles

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34
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What date does she need to do it by?

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July 8

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35
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How many miles doe she need to ride a day to get there on time?

A

50

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36
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What is the first state Bicycle enters on her trip?

A

Virginia

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37
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What do the bike riders Bicycle sees have written on their shirts?

A

Spim’s

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38
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Who does Bicycle talk to from the group?

A

The company president

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39
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What does he give her?

A

Sponges

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40
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Where does Bicycle decide to camp out for her first night?

A

Manassas, Virginia at the Civil War battlefield

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41
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Who does she end up talking to there?

A

A ghost

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42
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What does he ask Bicycle to do?

A

See if his friend opened Paradise Pies in the Ozarks

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43
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What does he decide to haunt so he can go with her to Green Marsh?

A

Her bike

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44
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What is the ghost’s name?

A

Griffin

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45
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What does Bicycle to do keep the monks and Sister Wanda updated on her progress?

A

She writes postcards to them

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46
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Whose sign does Bicycle hit?

A

The Cookie Lady’s sign

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47
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After Kentucky, how many states are there to go?

A

8

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48
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What does Bicycle come across after seeing signs that say “visitors not welcomed”?

A

3 dogs

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49
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Who saves Bicycle from them?

A

Griffin G. Griffin

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50
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How many miles has she ridden at this point?

A

1,000

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51
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When she gets lost, where does Bicycle end up?

A

Churchill Downs racetrack fro the Kentucky Derby

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52
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What is the horse number 4’s name?

A

The Cannibal

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53
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What is the horse obsessed with?

A

Bicycles

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54
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Who wins the Kentucky Derby?

A

The Cannibal

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55
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Who rides The Cannibal after the race?

A

Bicycle

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56
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What do they do with The Cannibal?

A

Bring him with them

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57
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What is the next state they go to?

A

Illinois

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58
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Who is Marie Petitchou?

A

A chef they meet

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59
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Where does she work?

A

The Slow Down Cafe

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60
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What idea does Bicycle give Marie?

A

To sell food to those who ride bicycles

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61
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What does Marie give Bicycle before she leaves?

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A card good for free food at any SlowDown Cafe in the United States

62
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Who does Bicycle leave with Marie?

A

The Cannibal

63
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What does she name him?

64
Q

What is the nickname for Missouri?

A

The Show-Me State

65
Q

What is a Feed Bag from the cafe?

A

A paper sack with extra goodies that all the cafes will provide for her so she can eat on the road

66
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What runs Bicycle over in Griffin’s hometown?

67
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Whose bed does Bicycle wake up in?

A

Jeremiah’s

68
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Who is his great-grampa?

A

Joe Branch, the pie shop owner who Griffin is looking for

69
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Where was Mayor Jose Marquez from?

A

Pamplona, Spain

70
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What happened to Clunk and Griffin?

A

Clunk was smashed and Griffin isn’t answering her

71
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Who is singing when Bicycle wakes up that she thinks is Griffin?

72
Q

Who fixes bikes in town?

A

Estrella Marquez Montgomery

73
Q

What is the name of her bike shop?

A

Marquez Pigs

74
Q

What is the verdict about Bicycle’s bike?

A

It won’t ever be ridden again, but Griffin is still in there

75
Q

When can she pick it up?

A

In the morning

76
Q

Who did Jeremiah have a crush on when he was younger?

77
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Who does Bicycle leave behind in Green Marsh?

78
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How does Bicycle leave Green Marsh?

A

Hitching a ride with Estrella’s grandnephew who drives a pig delivery truck

79
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Where is Estrella’s grandnephew headed?

A

Midway Station, Kansas

80
Q

Where do they hang Clunk and Griffin?

A

In the pie shop above the portico

81
Q

What is Estrella’s nephew’s name?

82
Q

What bad news does Bicycle get in Midway Station?

A

There’s no town, no trucks and no way west

83
Q

What fancy place does Bicycle come to when she’s walking?

A

Alvarado Estate

84
Q

What is happening there?

A

An estate sale auction

85
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What does Bicycle buy there?

86
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How much does she pay?

87
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What is the name of the man who built the bike?

A

Dr. Luck Alvarado

88
Q

How can Bicycle tell how fast she’s going?

A

There’s a small computer screen mounted on the bike

89
Q

What is the official name of her bike computer?

A

Wheels of Fortune 713-J

90
Q

What word does Bicycle use to describe the lady who might be following her?

91
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What does Bicycle start talking to now that Griffin isn’t there?

A

The bike’s computer

92
Q

What state does Bicycle enter with the words COOL ROAD in it?

93
Q

Where does Bicycle look for lodging in the rain?

A

A ghost town

94
Q

What does the bicycle provide for her?

A

A tent and tarp on the ground for shelter

95
Q

What was the bike built for?

A

To be perfectly suited to the long distance traveler, providing shelter and sustenance to their rider

96
Q

Where does Bicycle stand that makes her pant and want to throw up?

A

The Great Divide at Wolf Creek Pass

97
Q

Who has been asking about Bicycle at the cafes?

A

A lady in black

98
Q

Who does Bicycle guess it is?

A

The lady from the auction, Miss Monet-Grubbink

99
Q

What is the weather like in Utah?

A

100 and 101 degrees, very hot

100
Q

Instead of going to the cafe, how does Bicycle eat while in Utah?

A

With Nutrition pellets from the bike

101
Q

How does Bicycle pay for her ice cream?

A

With counterfeit money from the bike

102
Q

Why does Bicycle think the woman in black is after her?

A

She wants her bike

103
Q

Who helps Bicycle set a trap for the woman in black?

A

Carlos and the kids from the ice cream shop

104
Q

Who do they capture instead?

A

Sister Wanda

105
Q

How old is Bicycle?

106
Q

What happens when the missile launch sequence occurs?

A

Rubber snakes come out

107
Q

Where is Sister Wanda taking Bicycle?

A

To Calamity, Nevada to the Friendship Factory

108
Q

What state is even hotter than Utah?

109
Q

What is the loneliest road in America?

A

Highway 50

110
Q

Who does Bicycle meet in the Loneliest Town?

A

Dr. Luck Alvarado

111
Q

What is the name of the bicycle he invented?

112
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What do the doctor’s children care a lot about?

113
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What feature does the doctor show them about Fortune?

A

It can make a grilled cheese sandwich

114
Q

What is the doctor’s name on his birth certificate?

A

LUK477 Alvarado

115
Q

Why does he have this name?

A

It’s the license plate of the taxi driver his dad wanted to name after, but whose name he never got

116
Q

What rework must the doctor do without delay?

A

The taste of the vitamin tablet formula

117
Q

What happens to Bicycle on their climb?

A

She faints

118
Q

What is the cause of this?

A

Heat Stroke

119
Q

How do they cool her down?

A

The bike’s tent is cooled to 72 degrees

120
Q

Who shows up just as the taxi comes to take Bicycle to camp?

A

The lady in black

121
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What does Bicycle realize is missing when she gets to the camp?

122
Q

Who is friendly with Sister Wanda when Bicycle finds her and the doctor?

A

The lady in black

123
Q

What friends does Bicycle think she’s made?

A

Griffin, Jeremiah, Estrella, Chef Marie, Bird Tattoo, Carlos, The Cannibal, Fortune, Dr. Alvarado

124
Q

What group of girls does Bicycle come upon in California?

A

Girl Explorers

125
Q

What girl does Bicycle meet that she likes?

126
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What animal does Bicycle encounter?

127
Q

What event is Bicycle trying to get to?

A

The Blessing of the Bicycles

128
Q

Who is also at the event?

A

Chef Marie, Griffin/Clunk, Jeremiah

129
Q

What will Jeremiah name the pie he sells the most of today?

130
Q

Who wins the raffle to rid with Zbig?

A

A man in a rooster suit

131
Q

What does Top Monk always mean when he says ‘sandwich’?

A

Always finish what you start

132
Q

What does Bicycle get from Zbig?

A

An autograph

133
Q

Who is Miss Monet-Grubbink?

A

She’s a representative of Molrania

134
Q

What is her country known for?

A

The unluckiest country in the world

135
Q

Who are the men with her?

A

Her brothers Marku and Mittuk

136
Q

What did they want to buy from Bicycle?

A

Her bike, Fortune

137
Q

Where do they decide to have their feast?

A

The SlowDown Cafe

138
Q

How are they getting home?

A

The Factory refunded their money so they can fly home

139
Q

Who do they run into at the cafe?

140
Q

What did Bicycle think she asked Zbig when she met him?

A

“Do you want to be friends?”

141
Q

What did Bicycle really say to Zbig when she met him?

A

“Do you want to put a zebra up your nose?”

142
Q

Why did Zbig join the contest to begin with?

A

To ride with someone who knew the United States so he could learn more about how to bike cross it

143
Q

Who is the rooster man?

144
Q

Who rides with Zbig?

A

Mr. Spim, Sister Wanda, Bicycle and the Jeremiah in the van rides beside them

145
Q

When does Bicycle have to be back home?

146
Q

What is the percentage that Bicycle will make friends?

147
Q

What language does Sister Wanda want Bicycle to learn on the trip?

148
Q

Which way do they head for their trip?

149
Q

What true part of the story does the author say this book involved?

A

In 1966, she rode her bike from Washington, D.C. to San Francisco.

150
Q

What is the genre of this book?

A

Adventure, Realistic Fiction, Fantasy, Paranormal, Humor

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