Woof from Kelsey 1 Flashcards
Woof: Who is the author of ‘Woof’?
Spencer Quinn
Woof: When Bowser meets Birdie for the first time, what does Bowser think is one of the best sounds?
Gum chewing
Woof: Who ran the animal shelter where Bowser was?
Adrienne
Woof: What did Birdie do with her gum when she was finished chewing it?
Put it behind her ear
Woof: What did Birdie name her new dog?
Bowser
Woof: What kind of name did Grammy say Birdie was?
A fine southern name
Woof: What did Birdie want to change her name to when she turned 21?
Emmanuelle
Woof: How old did Birdie turn on her birthday?
11
Woof: What did Birdie’s hands taste like when Bowser first licked them?
baloney
Woof: What kind of dog was Bowser?
A mutt - mix of shepherd, poodle, and Bernese
Woof: What kind of tail did Bowser have?
bushy
Woof: What kind of vehicle did Grammy drive?
An old pickup truck
Woof: Who was Moxie?
The monkey roommate Bowser once had in the cage next to him
Woof: What did Birdie smell like to Bowser?
kid, girl, strawberry chewing gum, lemon soap, salty sweat
Woof: What was in the back of the pickup truck when Bowser jumped in?
fishing rods and a pail of worms
Woof: What did Bowser do when they started driving him home in the pickup truck?
Jumped through the window into the front seat
Woof: How did Bowser get caught and put into the animal shelter?
A dog catcher trapped him in an alley in the city
Woof: What did Bower remember about knitting?
A cat unravelling a ball of yarn and him getting in trouble for it
Woof: What did Grammy’s store look like?
Low and yellow with a long porch crowded with fishnets, buoys and barrels of coils of rope
Woof: What is the name of Grammy’s store?
Gaux Family Fish and Bait
Woof: What did the sign on the front of Grammy’s store say?
Gaux Family Fish and Bait. Guided Swamp Tours, Live Bait, Crawfish by the Sack, Blox Luches to Gaux (Go)
Woof: Who was Grammy’s worker at the bait shop?
Snoozy LaChance
Woof: Who was Black Jack?
The championship black marlin caught off Grand Isle by Grammy’s dad when he came back from the war
Woof: How long did Snoozy say he had been asleep?
Not more than 30 seconds
Woof: What did Snoozy smell like to Bowser?
A hunk of old cheese
Woof: How long had Black Jack been hanging on the wall in the bait shop?
Since 1945
Woof: What did Birdie notice about Black Jack when she saw it hanging on the wall?
He was dusty
Woof: What was the Sheriff’s son’s name?
Rory
Woof: Who was the customer that Snoozy said came into the bait shop?
His uncle Lem, the parish goof-off
Woof: Why did Uncle Lem come into the bait shop?
He was selling two 35 pound sacks of crawfish
Woof: How much did Snoozy pay for the crawfish from Uncle Lem?
$1.95 a pound
Woof: How much did Grammy sell crawfish for?
$6 a pound
Woof: What smell did Birdy notice in the bait shop that no one else did (except for Bowser)
Cigar smoke
Woof: What was the expression the Sheriff used for a ‘distraction’ that confused Bowser?
Red Herrings
Woof: How much had a tourist offered Grammy for Black Jack?
300
Woof: What did Birdy do to Bowser the first time he sat for her?
She kissed his nose.
Woof: What was on the cigar butt Birdie and Bowser found on the dock?
A gold band
Woof: What kind of patrol boat did the Sheriff use?
Zodiac with a 250 Merc
Woof: What town did Birdie live in?
St. Roch
Woof: Who was St. Roch?
The patron saint of dogs
Woof: Birdie told Bowser they bought their all their groceries at Markie’s Market, except what two things?
Fish and bread
Woof: Who owned the general store in St. Roch?
Nola Claymore’s mom
Woof: What did Birdie’s friend, Nola, smell like?
Honey and lemon
Woof: What did Birdie buy for Bowser at Claymore’s General Store?
An orange leather collar and a bright orange leash
Woof: What was Birdie’s address?
19 Gentilly Lane
Woof: What did Birdie’s house look like?
Low and white, shutters the color of the sky, big shady tree in front.
Woof: What bothered Bowser about the big tree in front of Birdie’s house?
Another dog had marked it.
Woof: What did Bowser eat out of the trash can in Birdie’s kitchen?
A burger
Woof: What did Birdie’s mom do for a living?
She was an engineer on an oil rig off Angola
Woof: What was the one memory Birdie had of her father?
His hands tying her shoelaces
Woof: What was the one thing Birdie remembers her father saying to her as he tied the laces on her blue shoes with silver stars?
No loose ends, Birdie’
Woof: What did Birdie’s room look like?
The walls were the color of the sky, and there were puffy white clouds and a rainbow painted on them.
Woof: How did Birdie talk with her mom?
On the computer
Woof: Where is Angola?
Africa
Woof: What question did Birdie ask her mom about her dad?
How did he die?
Woof: What had Birdie’s dad done for a living?
Police detective in New Orleans
Woof: Why did Bowser lift his leg and pee on the tree in front as high up as possible?
The highest mark wins
Woof: Who did Nola know in town that smoked cigars?
Steve Straker Senior
Woof: How old was Stevie Straker?
Sixteen
Woof: What kind of car did Stevie Straker drive?
A red jeep with a gator skull for a hood ornament
Woof: What was Grammy’s and Old Man Straker’s relationship?
They were enemies/rivals
Woof: What was Nola’s sister’s name?
Solange
Woof: What was Bowser’s strongest memory of the city?
Street gangsters’ hard hands and hard fists
Woof: What had Bowser had only one time in his life before Birdie adopted him?
A rawhide chew
Woof: What did Birdie have in a little box that was her dad’s?
A medal of honor from the New Orleans police department
Woof: What was the name of the black boat with red trim?
Fun ‘n Games
Woof: What city did the boat, Fun ‘n Games come from?
Biloxi, Mississippi
Woof: Why was there a tower on the Fun ‘n Games boat?
It was a tuna tower for spotting fish
Woof: What was the name of Grammy’s boat?
Bayou Girl
Woof: What was East St. Roch like?
It was the fancy side of town.
Woof: What was the big green building in East St. Roch right on the water?
Old Man Straker’s place
Woof: What was the name of Straker’s bait shop?
Straker’s World Famous Fishing Emporium
Woof: What did Old Man Straker look like?
A big heavy dude with shoulder-length, graying hair
Woof: What kind of earrings did Birdie wear?
Little red ones
Woof: Why did Birdie need a cigar butt from Straker’s?
Compare it to the one from the dock and collect DNA
Woof: What did the gold band on the cigars say?
el Rey de Cuba
Woof: What does ‘Rey de Cuba’ mean?
The King of Cuba
Woof: What did Stevie smell like to Bowser?
Hair gel, sneaker stink, and fishy
Woof: What kind of trees grew by the bayou next to Straker’s store?
Palm trees
Woof: What did Stevie say his dad said about the Gaux’s?
Stop the Gaux
Woof: What rule did Birdie name to Stevie?
Don’t steal
Woof: What made Bowser attack Stevie?
He tried to drag Birdie into the bayou.
Woof: What dangourous animal lived in the bayou?
Alligators
Woof: What did Bowser notice about the sun when it gets lower in the sky?
It gets bigger
Woof: What did snakes smell like to Bowser?
Froglike but mixed with a whiff of lizard
Woof: What animals were on the lawn in front of the trailer park houses Birdie and Bowser passed by?
Chickens
Woof: What kind of tree did the Sheriff and Rory have growing in the front?
An orange tree
Woof: What was the name of Rory’s tiny dog?
Sugarplum
Woof: What color was Sugarplum?
Bluish
Woof: Why did Bowser throw Sugarplum?
She kept nipping at his paws
Woof: What did Sugarplum and Bowser do on the Persian carpet and the floral quilted bedspread in Rory’s parent’s room?
Peed on it
Woof: What was the one thing Bowser noticed about Rory’s back yard?
It had a high fence enclosing it
Woof: What was Sugarplum obsessed with?
Rory’s mom
Woof: What did Rory’s mom do for a living
She was a nurse
Woof: What was the Sheriff’s last name?
Cannon
Woof: What do dogs do that is like humans shaking hands?
Sniff one another
Woof: What is the Cannon family’s rule #3?
When you’ve started to tell someone something, you can’t stop.
Woof: What did Mrs. Cannon tell Birdie and Rory about?
The treasure map
Woof: What did Mrs. Cannon give to Bowser and Sugarplum?
Rawhide chews
Woof: Who was Jean Lafitte?
A pirate in Grande Isle
Woof: Who were rich plantation owners running away from during the Civil War?
Yankees
Woof: What war was Grammy Gaux’s father in?
World War II
Woof: What shellfish could be found in the bayou?
Oysters
Woof: How old was Grammy when her father died?
Eleven
Woof: How did people believe Grammy’s father died?
A boating accident
Woof: What TV show did the street gangsters like to watch?
Savage Wilderness
Woof: What did Birdie talk about that her dad, a detective, always talked about?
The theory of the case
Woof: What type of motor did the boat Grammy was working on have?
Evinrude
Woof: Where do whiners end up?
Back of the pack
Woof: What do spark plugs do?
Help an engine get started.
Woof: What does the end of a good spark plug smell like?
Gasoline
Woof: Where does Bowser prefer to sleep?
In a corner so nothing can sneak up on you
Woof: What could Bowser tell about Birdie’s breathing at night?
She was awake.
Woof: What kind of flip-flops did Birdie wear?
Polka dot ones
Woof: Where did Birdie decide to go in the middle of the night?
Straker’s Fishing Emporium
Woof: What kind of fish were jumping in the river at night when Birdie and Bowser were walking by it?
Bass
Woof: What human emotion smelled sharp and sour to Bowser?
Fear
Woof: What did Bowser find in the grass next to the Straker place?
A cigar butt
Woof: What happened when Bowser put his paws on the windows at the Straker place?
One of the panes of glass broke into a few pieces and fell inside.
Woof: What was the name of Birdie’s owl?
Night Train
Woof: What did Bowser find to eat inside Straker’s place?
Chicken nuggets
Woof: Whose huge shadow did Bowser see on the floor?
His own
Woof: How did Bowser know what a safe was?
He had seen them before with the gangsters
Woof: What did Bowser and Birdie hide in when people came into Straker’s place?
The boat hanging from the ceiling on cables
Woof: What did Birdie leave behind in Straker’s store?
One of her polka-dot flip flops
Woof: What college did Stevie Straker plan to attend?
Tulane
Woof: Who accompanied Stevie Straker into his father’s place at night?
Des Peckham and Solange Claymore (Nola’s sister)
Woof: What were Stevie, Des, and Solange looking for in Straker’s store at night?
Spray paint
Woof: What did Stevie plan to spray paint on the Gaux bait shop?
Stop the Gaux
Woof: What did Des say about the fish (Black Jack)?
There was a treasure map hidden behind its right eye.
Woof: Who was Des’s aunt?
Aunt Maybelline
Woof: What did Stevie’s dad call him?
Steveroo
Woof: Why didn’t Stevie want Des to turn on the lights in his father’s place when they were there at night?
People from across the bayou would see them and maybe call the cops
Woof: What was in old man Straker’s desk inside his shop?
A .45 (gun)
Woof: What did Birdie do when the police car came over the bridge when she was on it at night?
Jumped into the river
Woof: What ability did Bowser discover he had when he and Birdie jumped into the river?
He could swim
Woof: How did Bowser describe swimming?
Running in the water
Woof: What was the name of the bridge Birdie and Bowser jumped off of into the river?
Lucinda Street Bridge
Woof: What was the name of the deputy in the car that drove onto the Lucinda Street Bridge when Birdie was out at night?
Perkins
Woof: What kind of animal did Perkins think jumped into the water from the bridge?
Coyotes
Woof: What kind of animal did Bowser smell that was “snaky but not snake, froggy but not frogg, toady but not toad, lizardy but not lizard”?
Alligator
Woof: What was the name of the alligator Bowser once knew from when he was with the gangsters?
Smiley
Woof: What did Birdie do when she heard her grandma put the key in the lock of the door?
She jumped into bed with wet clothes on
Woof: What did Grammy cook that was like sausage, but better?
Boudin slices
Woof: Why did Grammy think there was water all over the floor in the house?
She thought Bowser had been playing in the toilet
Woof: What was the mysterious vehicle that cruised the street?
A shiny black pickup with tinted windows
Woof: What did Grammy hardly ever do when it was hot because it cost money?
Run the air conditioner
Woof: How did Bowser get to enjoy the taste of boudin twice?
He had an upsurge from his stomach into his mouth
Woof: What does MO mean?
way of operating (modus operandi)
Woof: What did old man Straker think Birdie was doing when she was on the old town side of the bayou?
Spying
