Chapter 12 Questions

1. What kind of teacher do you think Tansy is?  What in the book made you think that?

2. Who came to the school?  How is she described in this chapter?

3. Why is she mad? What does she threaten?

4. Who do you think is doing all of these "pranks"?  What does Russell finally convince Charlie to do?

Chapter 11 Questions

1. What does the "Sweet Singer" do?  Who do you think it is?  Why?

2. What does Glenn bring to eat?  How does he get them?

3. What does Tansy get in the mail?  Who sent it to her?  Why do you think he does that?

4. What major event happened in the schoolhouse?  How does Tansy deal with it?

Chapter 10 Questions

1. Where were they going at the beginning of the chapter?  Why?

2. Describe the Tarboxes.

3. What happened to JW?  Who helped?

4. Who was the new student?  Why was it important they got another student?

Chapter 9 Questions

1. How did Tansy get Russell to confess to lighting the privy on fire?  What was Russell going to do to repay?

2. Russell keeps bringing up words they've been learning in school.  What words has he been using?

3. Why did Lloyd miss Miss Myrt? :)

4. How did their 2nd day at school go?  What new subject were they going to start?