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P.5 Flora & Ulysses

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  • William Spiver regained his sight. True or false?
    True
  • What does Flora's mother think the squirrel has?
    disease
  • Flora's mother loved the little shepherdess lamp. True or false?
    True
  • What does a superhero use his special powers for?
    To fight the forces of darkness and evil
  • Flora cried in the end. True or false?
    True
  • Flora hoped that her and the squirrel could change the world one day. True or false?
    True
  • What promise does Flora make to Ulysses?
    "I promise to always turn back towards you."
  • Who was Mr Klaus?
    the notorious cat
  • Who has helped Flora's mother write?
    William Spiver
  • After Flora confronted his mother about wanting to kill her squirrel, what does she want to do?
    Move in with her father
  • Why is the giant squid the loneliest of all God's creatures?
    He can sometimes go for the whole of his life without seeing another of his kind.
  • Who does Flora's mother ask to hit the squirrel over the head with a shovel?
    Flora's father
  • Flora is a cynic and does not care whether her mother loves her or not. True or false?
    True
  • Who did Flora trust when she found out that Ulysses was gone?
    William Spiver
  • Flora's mother smoked. True or false?
    Ture
  • Why did Flora's mother want to get rid of the squirrel?
    She wanted Flora to be normal, happy and have friends who are not squirrels. She does not want her daughter to be unloved and all alone in the world.
  • The house seemed full of foreboding. What does "foreboding" mean?
    a feeling that something very bad is going to happen soon
  • What words did Flora's father like to say when there is a shocking event happening?
    Holy unanticipated occurrences
  • How does squirrel taste?
    fuzzy, damp, slightly nutty
  • How does Flora know so much about these awful things?
    She gets it from Terrible Things Can Happen To You
  • What is meant by "stone squirrel"?
    it means that Ulysses couldn't move
  • What part of the body does Mr Klaus usually attack?
    the ankles
  • What can William Spiver smell when he first arrives at Flora's house?
    squirrel
  • Who says "Holy Bagumba"?
    Flora's father
  • The lamp next to the staircase was in the shape of a s_______?
    shepherdess
  • What does Flora do when she sees the squirrel being vacuumed up?
    He runs over to see if the squirrel is alright.
  • What made William temporary blind?
    a traumatic event
  • What did RITA want to do after the squirrel was in her hair?
    She wanted to call the police.
  • When Flora's mother arrived at her ex-husband's building, she said, "Please George, tell me my baby is here." Was she referring to her lamp or Flora?
    Flora
  • How did William, Flora and Tootie test whether the squirrel was a superhero or not?
    They asked it to type something on the computer.
  • Who helped Ulysses after it escaped from Flora's mother?
    Dr Meescham
  • What was the name of the doctor Flora takes Ulysses to see?
    Dr Meescham
  • What is the Ulysses 2000X?
    It is the vacuum cleaner.
  • What can the squirrel do?
    lift heavy things, fly, type and write
  • How did Flora's mother's voice sound while she was acting like she liked the squirrel?
    robotic
  • What does Flora's mother do for a living?
    She was a romance novel writer
  • "Unremitting darkness" was a phrase that came up often in which publication?
    The Criminal Element
  • Flora found out that her mother loved her in the end. True or false?
    True.
  • What did Flora say to William after he asked her if he would ever see her again?
    "The universe is a random place, William Spiver. Who can say whether we will meet again or not?"
  • Why does Flora mother think it is good that William Spiver showed up?
    So Flora can have a friend
  • Who was Alfred T. Slipper?
    Incandesto
  • Who was the boy with blonde hair?
    William Spiver
  • How did the squirrel save Flora's father from Mr Klaus?
    It threw Mr Klaus into a door.
  • How does Flora try to save the squirrel?
    She gives it CPR.
  • Did Flora's mother allow Flora to use her typewriter?
    No
  • Who likes saying this phrase: do not hope; instead, observe.
    Flora
  • Name one way the squirrel has shown his super powers.
    Lifted a vacuum cleaner, flown around, written poetry
  • Does Flora like romance?
    No
  • What did Flora's mother make the squirrel write?
    A note saying that the squirrel must return to its natural habitat.
  • What things did the squirrel love in the world? Name two.
    smoke rings, lonely squids, giant doughnuts and Flora Belle Buckman's round head, Dr Meescham and her watery eyes and her jam sandwiches, Tootie, the world
  • What do you have to watch out for when you are walking in the hallway of the Blixen Arms?
    the infamous cat
  • After Flora, Ulysses and Flora's father left the restaurant, what could his father not stop doing?
    He could not stop laughing. He was in hysteria.
  • What was one of the reasons which Flora's father gave for his divorce with Flora's mother?
    Flora's father said that one of the reasons they divorced was because her mother was so in love with her own books that her mother no longer love her father.
  • How are some superheroes born?
    spider bites, chemical spills and planetary dislocation.
  • What was special about Dr Meescham's horsehair sofa?
    a lot of people have cried on it
  • Every superhero has a a_____?
    arch-nemesis
  • What idea did Flora have to get Ulysses back from her mother?
    holding the lamp hostage
  • Flora's father was always happy and loud. True or false?
    false
  • Why did Flora's father take both of his hands off the steering-wheel?
    Flora wanted to put her hand on the left side of her father's chest.
  • William Spiver was wearing his dark glasses. There was a lollipop in his mouth. He was smiling. What does Flora think he looks like?
    a villain
  • Why was William Spiver at Flora's house assisting Flora's mother with her novel?
    He was actually looking for Flora because he missed her.
  • Who is Rita?
    The waitress
  • What does Flora think Mr Klaus can smell?
    fear
  • Flora wanted Ulysses to use its powers to fight evil. True or false?
    True
  • What is the meaning of "shepherdess"?
    a female shepherd
  • What does Flora like to read?
    Comics
  • What was the name of the vacuum cleaner that almost killed the squirrel?
    Ulysses
  • How did Flora's mother respond to Flora's demand of moving in with her father?
    She said it would make her life easier.
  • Flora was the s________k to a superhero.
    sidekick
  • What was Mr Klaus notorious for?
    hiding in the green gloom of the hallways and waiting until some unlucky person stepped out of the door of his or her apartment and then pouncing on the person
  • What is the meaning of "vanquished" mean?
    to defeat an enemy or opponent, especially in war:
  • William Spiver is holding Flora's hand and she doesn't feel homesick. True or false?
    False. It was just a dream.
  • Dr Meescham said: ...very capacious of heart
    Who is she referring to?
  • Who does Flora compare the Darkness of 10,000 hands to?
    Flora's mother
  • William Spiver is temporary blind. True or false?
    True
  • Flora's mother k___________ the squirrel.
    kidnapped
  • What is the meaning of "gaze"?
    to look at something or someone for a long time, especially in surprise or admiration, or because you are thinking about something else:
  • What did William do to his step father's truck?
    He pushed it into a sinkhole
  • How did Flora's father feel when he had to leave Flora with her mother?
    Very sad. It broke his heart.
  • What did the cook try to do in the restaurant?
    The cook was leaping and twirling, waving his knife and trying to reach the flying squirrel.
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