How does Ella, in her letter, avoid saying 'I will happily [kill] Mrs. Towgate"?
terminate
What new legislation passed by the Council does Tassie inform her mother of, so she can tell Rory?
Any vacated property can be confiscated by the council
How do the Nollopians who have embraced the challenge write their sentences, since they can't write the outlawed letters?
The use children below the age of 7 to write the sentences for them
When Tassie announces the loss of the letter B, she remarks she's used 6 B's in her last two sentences. Name ONE of them.
B / be / blessing / possibilities / been / troublesome
Which word is missing: "John Prady, give me a black walnut *** of quite small size"
box
By what name does the challenge come to be known?
Enterprise Thirty-Two
What adverb does Tassie use in her letter to her mother to describe her love for Nate?
Ferociously
What leads to Rory's banishment from the island?
The council confiscates his land to build a temple for Nollop, which led Rory to an outburst containing many outlawed letters
What word does Tassie avoid by saying "for the next forty-six sun-to-suns"?
days
What do both Tassie and her mother experience in this chapter?
The person they love is forced to leave the island
What word leads to Mittie's second offense?
The name 'Zenia' (which she had thought was spelled Xenia)
How many letters are used more than once in "A quick move by the enemy will jeopardize six fine gun boats"?
12 (a, b, e, i, l, m, n, o, s, t, u, y)
Which word is missing: "Back in my ***** garden, jaunty zinnias vie with flaunting phlox".
quaint
Why is it decided not to use a computer to find the necessary sentence?
Because the use of AI would defeat the purpose of showing that another human being can do the same thing Nollop did
Why does Ella's father consider moving to the U.S.?
Because U.S.-Nollop business transactions are put to a stop, which means he can't sell his vessels
What irony does Tassie point out about the word 'banishment'?
With the loss of 'b', it will itself soon be banished
With the first letter that's lost in this portion, what popular and often censored word becomes impossible? (You are hereby invited to use this word out loud exactly once, so make it count)
F*ck
Immediately after the loss of the first letter in this portion, what announcement does the Council release?
That the use of numbers (4, 5) is still allowed, as there are no numbers in Nollop's sentence
What word does Mittie use in her letter as an alternative for 'birthday'?
Birth-anniversary
Who or what is meant with 'Ribs'?
Friday (Fribs)
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