Woof from Kelsey 2 Flashcards
1
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Woof: What did the sherriff take out of his briefcase and show to Birdie?
A
A flip-flop
2
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Woof: What size shoe did Birdie wear?
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Size six
3
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Woof: What story did the flip flop remind the sherriff of?
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Cinderella with her glass slipper
4
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Woof: What does every single human smell like in some way—some more than others (to Bowser)?
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Snot
5
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Woof: What did Grammy have on her wrist after her appointment?
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A hospital wristband
6
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Woof: What kind of gun did Grammy own?
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A .389 Smith and Wesson revolver (a police special)
7
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Woof: Who was Lem LaChance?
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Snoozy’s uncle
8
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Woof: What was the name of the bar in town where Snoozy drank beer?
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Li’l Mamou
9
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Woof: What kind of car did Lem once steal?
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A corvette
10
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Woof: What was Birdie’s dad’s name?
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Robert Lee Gaux
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Woof: How did Uncle Lem know Birdie’s dad?
A
He coached him in peewee football.
12
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Woof: What football team did Uncle Lem once play for?
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The Ragin’ Cajuns in Lafayette
13
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Woof: Why did Uncle Lem quit playing football?
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He blew his knee out playing
14
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Woof: Why was Uncle Lem always a careful driver?
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He was driving with a suspended license
15
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Woof: What was Rory’s theory about the case?
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There was an environmentalist on the loose who didn’t like fishing
16
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Woof: What was wrong inside Rory’s mouth?
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A baby tooth was loose and twisted sideways
17
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Woof: Who pulled out Rory’s baby tooth for him?
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Birdie
18
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Woof: What language could Grammy Gaux speak?
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French
19
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Woof: What did the dog look like that kept marking the tree in the Gaux’s front yard?
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White with red patches
20
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Woof: What was the red and white dog’s name?
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Loco
21
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Woof: What did Bowser do when he saw Loco (the red and white dog) jump into the black pick up?
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Chased the truck all the way to the canal
22
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Woof: What did Bowser see someone do from the canal bridge?
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Throw something long and stiff with a tail on one end into the canal
23
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Woof: What did Bowser smell when he was drinking from the canal?
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Cigar smoke
24
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Woof: What did Bowser eat while Nola and Birdie were drinking cold drinks?
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Ice cubes
25
Woof: How did Nola know Solange often snuck out at night?
She had a squeaky window
26
Woof: Why did Solange have to go to summer school?
She flunked history
27
Woof: What was Solange's IQ?
130
28
Woof: Where did Des live?
Hilltop Estates
29
Woof: What did Des's parents do for a living?
Shrinks (psychiatrists) at Mercy Hospital
30
Woof: What was the name of the town Ice Cream shop?
Hector's Ice Cream
31
Woof: What is taxidermy?
Stuffing animals and fish
32
Woof: What did Bowser love when humans did to point to something?
Pointed with their chins
33
Woof: Where did Aunt Maybelline live?
Sunrise Acres (the assisted living center)
34
Woof: What color was the Fun 'n Games boat?
Red and black
35
Woof: How big was Fun n' Games?
60 feet long
36
Woof: How far could Fun 'n games go?
600 miles (all the way to Galveston)
37
Woof: Why did Birdie doubt she would be a shrimp boat captain?
Grammy said there wouldn't be any shrimp left by the time she grew up
38
Woof: What did Bowser notice about the bald guy who drove Fun N' Games?
His mouth was friendly, but his eyes were not.
39
Woof: How did Nola and Birdie get Bowser into the assisted living center?
They told them he was a trained service dog to comfort lonely old people
40
Woof: What did Maybelline Peckham smell like to Bowser?
A stack of dusty, yellowed newspapers
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Woof: What color hair did Maybelline Peckham have?
Bright orange
42
Woof: What did Maybelline Peckham say was the problem with dogs?
Their life spans don't match up with ours
43
Woof: What did Maybelline Peckham give to Bowser?
Pieces of ham sandwich
44
Woof: What did Birdie keep calling a taxidermist?
Taxidermier
45
Woof: What was Grammy's first name?
Claire
46
Woof: What were the descriptions Maybelline gave of the three men who went to war?
A strong man, a bad man, and a nice man
47
Woof: Which man did not come back from war?
The nice man
48
Woof: Who was the strong man who went to war, according to Aunt Maybelline?
Maurice Gaux
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Woof: Who was the bad man who went to war, according to Aunt Maybelline?
Frank Straker (great uncle of old man Straker)
50
Woof: Who was the nice man that didn't come back from the war, according to Aunt Maybelline?
Dan Phelps
51
Woof: What war did the three men go to ?
World War II
52
Woof: Who taught Maybelline taxidermy?
Dan Phelps, her boss
53
Woof: What was Dan Phelp's career?
He was the best taxidermist in Louisiana and owned a shop in Lafayette before the war
54
Woof: How did Maybelline describe taxidermy?
Recapturing the perfect moment in a creature's life
55
Woof: What was the taxidermy trade secret Maybelline revealed?
You don't stuff a delicate fish--you rebuild it from the ground up and when you're done, there's almost nothing of the real fish left.
56
Woof: What were the only kind of books that interested Bowser?
Leather-bound
57
Woof: What photo did Maybelline show to Birdie?
Dan Phelps with Birdie's great grandfather, Maurice, in uniform on the day they left for France
58
Woof: What animal did Maybelline taxidermy for Des's family in the 50's?
A shark
59
Woof: What did the other person who asked about Black Jack bring for Maybelline to drink?
Port
60
Woof: Who visited Maybelline other than Birdie and Nola?
Donald L. Spires
61
Woof: When did Donald L. Spires visit Maybelline?
A week ago Tuesday at 3 pm
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Woof: What did the driver of the shiny black pickup do to Birdie?
Tried to grab her and pull her inside of the car
63
Woof: What did Bowser do to the driver of the black pickup?
Bit his arm
64
Woof: Why did Birdie and Bowser go in the boat with Grammy?
To help on a swamp tour
65
Woof: What was Grammy's first rule on boats?
No moving around
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Woof: What kind of hat Grammy's swamp tour customer wearing?
A big straw hat with a bird feather in the band
67
Woof: What was the name Grammy's swamp tour customer?
Donny
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Woof: What was the name of the man with the smiley face on the bottom but watchful face on top?
Donny (Donald L. Spires)
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Woof: What did Donny say he used for bait?
Spinners
70
Woof: Why didn't Bowser like shaved heads?
It reminded him of a bad man named Manuel
71
Woof: Why didn't Bowser like sun glasses?
They made humans look like insects
72
Woof: Why did Birdie say people don't point when in the bayou?
It alerts all the creatures
73
Woof: What kind of birds did Grammy see from the boat at 1 o'clock, left of Birdie's tree, and at the top of the tree?
A blue heron and a bald eagle
74
Woof: What animals were floating on a log in the bayou?
Two box turtles and one snapper
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Woof: What kind of animal did Grammy see at 3 o clock in the bayou?
A rat snake
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Woof: How was Donny shaped?
Like a pear
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Woof: Where did Donny say he was from?
Biloxi, but originally from Dallas.
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Woof: Where had Donny gone to college?
Tulane in New Orleans
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Woof: What kind of trees grew in the swamp?
Cypresses
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Woof: What are the parts at the bottom of the cypresses called that stick out?
Knees
81
Woof: What did Grammy call the Hilton?
A duck blind in the bayou
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Woof: What did Donny do for a living?
Real estate
83
Woof: What did they find inside the duck blind called the Hilton?
Empty shotgun shells
84
Woof: Where did people have picnics and crawfish boils?
The levee
85
Woof: Birdie said the swampy river area had some fresh water, some salt water, and what kind of water in between?
Brackish
86
Woof: What kinds of birds catch snakes?
Cormorants
87
Woof: Why didn't Bowser like people with binoculars?
They made them look machinelike
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Woof: What was the name of the quiet channel just past Night Train's tree?
Lafitte Creek
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Woof: What did Donny do when they passed by Lafitte Creek in the swamp tour boat?
Took a picture
90
Woof: Who was Lafitte?
A pirate
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Woof: What was the name of the bayou?
Bayou Lafourche
92
Woof: What kind of map did Donny buy from Birdie?
A map of the whole basin, including the bayou and the lake.
93
Woof: What was Bowser's tail to him?
His flag
94
Woof: Who did Birdie's mom tell her to go to if she needed help and Grammy wasn't around?
Mr. Savoy, the librarian
95
Woof: What was on the lawn of the library?
brightly colored pinwheels
96
Woof: What instrument was Mr. Savoy playing when Birdie went to the library?
The accordion
97
Woof: What did Mr. Savoy smell like?
Apples
98
Woof: According to Mr. Savoy, who had been a great accordion player?
Birdie's great-grandfather, Maurice Gaux
99
Woof: What was the name of the St. Roch newspaper?
St. Roch Monitor
100
Woof: What did the song Maurice Gaux sang in French say?
He can't wait to go dancing with the prettiest girl in Louisiana
101
Woof: What was the January 1946 article in the St. Roch Monitor about?
Two St. Roch men dying on Saturday off the Grande Isle while they were fishing for tuna 10 miles offshore.
102
Woof: What kind of boat did Maurice Gaux own?
a 22 foot whaler
103
Woof: What was Donald L. Spires trying to develop?
A casino
104
Woof: How did Steve Straker Senior and Donald L. Spires know each other?
They were in the same fraternity at Tulane.
105
Woof: What did Officer Perkins accidentally drop in the water at the bridge?
A camera
106
Woof: What does it mean to be 'mired in a slump'?
A baseball player not getting any hits for a long time
107
Woof: Where was Mr. Straker when Black Jack was stolen?
At his golf club in Abbeville
108
Woof: What did Bowser do when the Sheriff, Birdie, and Rory drove over the bridge on the canal?
He jumped out the car window
109
Woof: What did Bowser find on the bank of the canal after jumping out of the Sheriff's car?
The remains of Black Jack
110
Woof: What did Bowser find in the back of the Sheriff's car?
A cigar
111
Woof: Why was there a cigar in the back of the Sheriff's car?
A rep from the cigar company was handing them out at the chamber of commerce luncheon.
112
Woof: What did the Sheriff accuse Grammy of?
Using Birdie in a scheme against Mr. Straker
113
Woof: Who was the doctor that took care of Grammy?
Dr. Rajatawan
114
Woof: What was wrong with Grammy when she collapsed?
Dehydration and heat exhaustion
115
Woof: What did Grammy always have at noon?
Tea with two sugars
116
Woof: What magazine did Snoozy subscribe to?
Ski Magazine
117
Woof: Why was it strange that Snoozy subscribed to Ski Magazine?
He didn't snow ski, and had never even seen snow
118
Woof: What did Birdie notice about the photo Mr. Savoy showed her?
Donny was standing beside the black pickup with tinted windows.
119
Woof: Who showed up at Grammy's house when she was sick, all dressed up and wearing lots of makeup?
Maybelline
120
Woof: What did Maybelline bring to the house for Bowser?
A dog biscuit
121
Woof: How long had it been since Maybelline had seen Claire Gaux (Grammy)?
30 years
122
Woof: Where was Dr. Rajatawan born?
In a hovel by the Ganges river
123
Woof: Where did Dr. Rajatawan go to medical school?
Vanderbilt Medical School
124
Woof: Why was Maybelline so clear headed when she came to Grammy's house?
She hid her meds (pills) under her tongue and then flushed them down the toilet
125
Woof: When did Dan Phelps die?
The day after Christmas, 1944
126
Woof: How did Dan Phelps die?
He was killed in action in France at the Battle of the Bulge
127
Woof: Why was it strange for Maybelline to get a package on Thursday, January 11, 1944?
It was from Dan Phelps, who had already died
128
Woof: What did Maybelline bring for Grammy?
The treasure map
129
Woof: Who drew the treasure map?
Maurice Gaux
130
Woof: What was the treasure?
A necklace of rubies and emeralds
131
Woof: What did Dan do in a weak moment in World War II?
Took the necklace that did not belong to him
132
Woof: Why did Maurice take Frank out on his boat?
To talk about the robbery of the necklace
133
Woof: What was in the package Maybelline received from Dan after he died?
The ruby and emerald necklace
134
Woof: How did Maybelline get the map?
Maurice gave it to her after he buried the necklace in Lafitte Creek
135
Woof: What did Birdie find in Lafitte Creek?
The remains of a duck blind
136
Woof: What did Bowser smell very strong near the duck blind in Lafitte Creek?
Alligator
137
Woof: What hanging inside the duck blind, with a picture of a kid drinking a soda on it?
A thermometer
138
Woof: How did Birdie get the thermometer hiding place to open?
She turned the arrow on it around and around until it sprung open
139
Woof: Who followed Birdie and Bowser in a boat and then held them at gunpoint?
Steve Straker, Sr.
140
Woof: Who was the person who tried to grab Birdie and pull her into a car?
Old Man Straker
141
Woof: What did Birdie do with the necklace?
Threw it right down the alligator's throat to save Bowser
142
Woof: What happened to Mr. Straker after he shot at the alligator?
The alligator ate him when he fell into the creek
143
Woof: Where did Grammy think the monster alligator went after he ate Mr. Straker?
Down the barge canal to the big swamps down in the oil fields
144
Woof: Why did Dan Phelps ship the necklace, instead of Frank Straker?
Frank Straker was in jail in France and couldn't do it.
145
Woof: After Birdie's run in on the bayou with Mr. Straker, who stopped by with a basket of food for a picnic in the kitchen?
Rory
146
In Woof by Spencer Quinn, what is the name of the creek where the necklace is hiding?
Lafitte Creek
