Three Strike from Kelsey Flashcards
Three Strike: Who is the author of Three Strike Summer?
Skyler Schrempp
Three Strike: What is the full name of the main character of Three Strike Summer?
Gloria Mae Willard
Three Strike: What is the name of Gloria’s older sister?
Jessamyn (Jess)
Three Strike: What is Jess doing to Gloria while their Pa talks to the bank man?
Giving her a bath
Three Strike: When Pa is talking to the bank man, what does he call him that makes Gloria mad?
Sir
Three Strike: What was Gloria’s baby brother’s name?
Si (Silas)
Three Strike: Who held Gloria back from yelling at the bank man at their farmhouse?
Ma
Three Strike: What did Gloria throw a rock at from the creek bed by their house?
The bank man’s windshield
Three Strike: What did the bank man offer to Pa that made Gloria upset when he took it?
A cigarette
Three Strike: What town did the Willard family live in in Oklahoma?
Balko
Three Strike: How many birds did Gloria knock out of the sky with rocks she’d thrown?
5
Three Strike: Who did the bank man think threw the rock at his car?
A son he didn’t know about
Three Strike: What are Gloria’s parents’ names?
Silas & Evelyne
Three Strike: Who said they wished Gloria had smashed the bank man’s car to pieces?
Jess
Three Strike: When the Willards stop driving for the night, what sound is the air full of?
Men tinkering with their trucks
Three Strike: Who helped pay for a headstone for Baby Si?
The Homewoods
Three Strike: After Pa gives Gloria a talking-to in Texas, what does he ask her before sending her back to their camp?
How far she was from the car when she threw the rock
Three Strike: When Ma sends Gloria to find Pa at their stop in Texas, what is he doing?
Watching a baseball game
Three Strike: Who taught Pa how to play baseball?
His dad (Gloria’s granddad)
Three Strike: When Pa had explained baseball to Gloria, what did he use to represent the bases? The players?
Bottle caps; dried beans
Three Strike: What did Pa do when the batter in Texas finally got a hit?
Ear-piercing whistle
Three Strike: After watching the men play baseball in Texas, Gloria saw a “shadow moon” on the ground. What was it?
Their baseball
Three Strike: What did Jess use as a bat to practice baseball with Gloria?
A dead branch
Three Strike: What does Gloria always call the boy that Jess makes “moony eyes” at after church?
Joe Franklin’s sweet son