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Homer Price Homer Price
by Robert McCloskey


 

Discussion Questions

  1. Homer Price takes place around the 1940s in America (over 60 years ago). Some things in the story are out of date, and some things are still around (although a little different). What things in the story are no longer around? What sorts of things are still here? Are they different? What things do you think will disappear?

    GONE: Horse-drawn wagons; ice box; sandwich board advertising; clothes line
    STILL HERE: Comic books; super heroes; labor-saving devices (dish washer, automatic toasters, automatic coffee makers); county fairs; collecting things; movie theatres
  2. Homer Price is a regular guy who lives in a regular town. Have you encountered/done any of the things in the book?
    1. Read comic books? Which ones?
    2. Build things? What do you build? Invent something?
    3. Collect things? Like what?
    4. Go to the movies? Favorite movie? Favorite actor?
    5. Gone to a county fair? Favorite part?
       
  3. Homer Price makes reference to a book called The Odyssey (sometimes called Ulysses) by a poet named Homer. It's about a journey that a man takes to get back home where his wife is waiting for him. Here are some scenes that are similar in the book; see if you remember which matches:
    While Ulysses is away from home, his wife, Penelope, has to push away suitors — men who are trying to marry her.
    When Ulysses sails by a group of singing villains (called Sirens), he has his men stuff wax in their ears, so that they won't hear the sound.

Whales on Stilts Whales on Stilts
by M.T. Anderson



Trivia Questions

  1. What kind of building does Lily's father work in?
    Abandoned warehouse
  2. What is the name of the floating restaurant?
    Aero-Bistro
  3. Instead of paper, what does Jasper's copy machine copy onto?
    A wax cylinder (200 lbs)
  4. What is the name of Katie Mulligan's neighborhood?
    Horror Hollow
  5. What is the name of the company Mr. Gefelty works for?
    Deltamax
  6. How fast does Jasper's rocket-powered Bullet-Mobile go?
    35 MPH
  7. Instead of teeth, what does Larry have?
    Baleen
  8. Where does Lily's grandmother live?
    Decentville
  9. True or False—"Larry's mother is a fish."
    False. "Large aquatic mammal"
  10. What does Larry eat?
    Plankton
  1. What does Larry's company manufacture?
    Stilts for whales
  2. How do Katie and Lily prevent the whales' laser-eye attack?
    Mirrors
  3. Why do the whales have metal hats with antennas?
    So their minds can be controlled
  4. What is the "natural enemy of the whale?"
    Squids
  5. What is the name of the city where Lily lives?
    Pelt
  6. How do they stop the whale attack?
    By playing old phonograph records of whale songs
  7. What does Jasper drink every day?
    Gargletine Breakfast Drink
  8. What is the name of the series of books about Katie Mulligan?
    "Horror Hollow"
  9. What is the name of the series of books about Jasper Dash?
    "Jasper Dash, Boy Technonaut"
  10. What does Larry wear on his head?
    Grain sack

Calvin & Hobbes Calvin & Hobbes
by Bill Watterston



Trivia Questions

  1. What kind of animal is Hobbes?
    A tiger
  2. What is the does the acronym for Calvin's treehouse club — G.R.O.S.S. — stand for?
    Get Rid Of Slimy girlS
  3. What is the name of the game that Calvin sometimes plays with Hobbes?
    Calvinball
  4. What are some of the uses that Calvin has had with a cardboard box?
    Transmogrifier, Time Machine, Duplicator, "An Atomic Cerebral Enhance-o-Tron," a G.R.O.S.S. 'box of secrecy'
  5. What are the names of the characters in Calvin & Hobbes?
    Calvin, Hobbes, mother and father, Susie Derkins, Miss Wormwood, Moe, Uncle Max, Rosalyn, the Principal
  6. When Calvin flies his outer space rocket, what does he call himself?
    Spaceman Spiff

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