In what way is "family weekend" a code phrase in Mark's family?
His mother says it when she knows she and Mark's father will be arriving on Saturday and leaving again on Sunday night or Monday morning.
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Why had Leon driven Mark to Scottie's sporting Goods Tuesday after school?
Mark bought snowshoes.
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trap
No points!
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rocket
Go to first place!
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fairy
Take points!
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thief
Give points!
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boom
Lose 50 points!
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star
Double points!
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fairy
Take points!
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thief
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In the barn, Mark reads stories by_____
Jack London
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What animal tracks did Mark find in his first two weeks at the new house?
rabbits, squirrels, deer,, chickadee
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What is unusual about Mark sifting the smells in the barn?
He is sure he can smell animals even though there hadn't been an animal in the barn for 30 years.
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Leon always listened to ____________ after school.
jazz music
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Why is Chapter 9 called 'Testing'?
Mark tests himself by sleeping alone in the barn etc.
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Mark has learned that he liked _____
_____ being on his own.
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banana
Go to last place!
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shark
Other team loses 25 points!
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rocket
Go to first place!
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lifesaver
Give 25 points!
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Food tastes more delicious____
____after spending a few hours outside.
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How does Mark gain access to the barn when it is snowed under?
Leon helps him to shovel the snow at the smaller side entrance.
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Mark was caught guard by the ___
beauty of the place.
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How did Mark come to think of nature?
As a big book that had been lying open in front of him all his life.
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Recall some of the interesting things mark finds in the barn.
a shovel, a pitchfork, a hatchet, a wooden bucket, bottles and jars, a sickle, a coffee can full of nails, a grinding wheel, iron chain, wrenches, a kerosene...
