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Question 1

What color did Doug's dad say the watches would turn his and Christopher's skin?

Accepted Answer

Green

Question 2

Which of Audubon's birds was dying?

Accepted Answer

Black-Backed Gull

Question 3

What were the chances Lil would survive her illness, according to the doctors?

Accepted Answer

One in Four

Question 4

Lil and Doug worked together on a geography project about

Accepted Answer

New Zealand

Question 5

What does Doug think Lucas can handle?

Accepted Answer

A new job, Being a coach, Anything, Going up stairs

Question 6

To which painting does Doug compare himself and Lucas?

Accepted Answer

The Fork-Tailed Petrels

Question 7

Whose song did Doug, Mrs. Windermere, and Mrs. Swieteck sing on the way home from the play?

Accepted Answer

The Beatles'

Question 8

Where did Christopher find Doug's baseball?

Accepted Answer

In his Dad's car

Question 9

What church do Doug and his mom go to?

Accepted Answer

St. Ignatius

Question 10

According to Doug, what food has never, in the history of the world, been considered a treat?

Accepted Answer

Bananas

Question 11

Which character refers to himself in the third person for most of the story?

Accepted Answer

Principal Peattie

Question 12

How did Christopher get the scar on his torso?

Accepted Answer

Climbing a fence

Question 13

Which bird does Doug describe as "Okay for now"?

Accepted Answer

The Snowy Heron

Question 14

What happens to Doug's copy of Geography of the World?

Accepted Answer

Mr. Barber spills coffee on it.

Question 15

How does Doug take his coffee?

Accepted Answer

Black

Question 16

Why does Lucas want to get a job?

Accepted Answer

To earn money to send Christopher to college

Question 17

What did Coach Reed give Doug?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 18

What did Lil Spicer teach Doug to do?

Accepted Answer

Drink a really cold Coke

Question 19

What did Doug's dad give Doug for his twelfth birthday?

Accepted Answer

A tattoo

Question 20

Who does Coach Reed make Doug wrestle against?

Accepted Answer

Alfred Hartnett

Question 21

What does Mr. Ballard give Doug's mom?

Accepted Answer

An orchid

Question 22

Who is the producer of Mrs. Windermere's play?

Accepted Answer

Mr. Gregory

Question 23

How many Daugherty kids are there?

Accepted Answer

Five

Question 24

Toward the end of the book, from what does Lil begin to suffer?

Accepted Answer

Stomachache

Question 25

What does Mrs. Windermere agree to give Doug for playing the part of Helen Burns?

Accepted Answer

The Red-Throated Divers

Question 26

Where in New York did the Swietecks have to go to pick up Lucas?

Accepted Answer

Port Authority

Question 27

Which of these players had NOT signed the baseball Doug won in the trivia contest?

Accepted Answer

Babe Ruth

Question 28

Whom does Mrs. Windermere compare Doug to when he wears his "new" flight jacket?

Accepted Answer

Errol Flynn

Question 29

What was the name of the God to whom Mrs. Windermere credited her writing?

Accepted Answer

Creativity

Question 30

Which bird is used for two chapter titles in the book?

Accepted Answer

The Arctic Tern

Question 31

From which World Series game was the ball Doug won?

Accepted Answer

Game Six, 1964

Question 32

What does the number 216 represent in this book?

Accepted Answer

The number of stitches in a baseball

Question 33

Who asks Doug for his autograph?

Accepted Answer

Joe Pepitone

Question 34

Who switched places with Doug in gym on the day everyone found out about his tattoo?

Accepted Answer

James Russell

Question 35

What did Mr. Loeffler give Doug?

Accepted Answer

A gray wool cap

Question 36

What did Mr. Powell know a lot about that surprised both Doug and Lucas?

Accepted Answer

Free throws

Question 37

The first time Principal Peattie talks to Doug, he says Doug looks like

Accepted Answer

A girl

Question 38

Which of these is NOT one of the Daugherty kids' names?

Accepted Answer

Holly

Question 39

What are the stairs at the Marysville Public Library made from?

Accepted Answer

Marble

Question 40

What did Mrs. Mason usually give Doug when he made his Saturday delivery?

Accepted Answer

A chocolate donut

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