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What is the name of the author?
Andrew Clements
2. In what year was the book written?
2002
3. What annual tradition at Hardy Elementary School is organized by the teacher Mr. Maxwell?
A Week in the Woods
4. Before leaving his home in New York, why did Mark leave a penny under the leg of the radiator?
As a time capsule that says 'Mark Chelmsley spen tthe best three years of his life here.'
5. What does Mark dislike?
Being alone in the dark.
6. Mark had no defense against the beauty of __________ .
nature
7. When Mr. Maxwell told Mark about the Week in the Woods, what was Marks response?
"Does everyone have to go?"
8. The staff of Mark’s family, Leon and Anya, are from what country?
Russia
9. Why does Mark not try hard in his new school?
He will only be there for three months.
10. What regularly startles Mark in his new school?
The school bell. There was no bell in his previous school.
11. Explain Mr. Maxwell’s ‘five minute rule’.
Only discuss a certain topic for five minutes.
12. Besides the ‘five minute rule’, what are Mr. Maxwell’s two other important rules?
The Lost Homework Rule; The Friday Rule.
13. Why would it not be a good idea to bully Mark?
He took karate lessons.
14. What kind of music does Leon listen to in the car after school every day?
Jazz.
15. In his new home, what had Mark discovered at the back of the firewood bin?
A secret passage that was once used by escaped slaves.
16. Why was Mark not impressed with his new family home?
He knew it is easy for his parents to pay for expensive things.
