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Summerlost Act II
Question | Answer |
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What project was Cedar's mom working on all summer? | Building a deck |
In what city and state is Summerlost set? | Iron Creek, Utah |
Whose plays were celebrated at the Summerlost Festival? | Shakespeare's plays |
Who was "the most famous person the town of Iron Creek had ever produced"? | Lisette Chamberlain |
What does Cedar say happened to Lisette Chamberlain? | she died of a heart attack. |
What did Gary hire Leo and Cedar to do at the Summerlost Festival? | To sell concessions |
Who are the Hellfarts? | Some kids on bikes who pick on Leo |
What's the name of the Hellfart who later got a job working at the Summerlost Festival? | Cory |
What icon was going to be torn down at the end of the summer? | The Summerlost Theater |
Where was Lisette Chamberlain when she died? | In a hotel room |
What plan did Leo come up with to make some extra money? | The plan was that he and Cedar would do tours of places related to Lisette Chamberlain. |
How did they advertise the unauthorized tours? | With flyers that they placed in the programs they sold |
Even though initially Cedar thought his plan was crazy, why did she agree to do the Lisette tours with Leo? | Cedar liked talking to Leo because his brain was always busy and she wanted to keep her brain busy too. |
Why did Cedar lie to her mom about doing the tours with Leo? | Cedar lied because she knew her mom wouldn't agree to her doing the tours |
What did Cedar and Miles want to see Harley do? | Cedar and Miles wanted to see Harley get out of the coffin |
While Cedar and Leo are watching The Tempest, Cedar notices a minor detail about Lisette's character that is not correct. What does Cedar notice? | That Lisette is wearing a wedding ring during the play |
What lie did Cedar tell her mom when she was doing the tours with Leo? | She told her mom that she and Leo were going running together |
What was the first item that Cedar found on her windowsill? | A small screwdriver |
We learn early in the book that Ben has special needs. Name two characteristics Cedar mentions about her brother, Ben, that give evidence of his exceptionalities. | He always took fidgets with him. p. 44 His own body seemed very uncomfortable to him, He experienced sadness and anger more than most people did, Waiting rooms made him very anxious: he would walk, jump and talk loudly while waiting |
Who were the first people to go on Leo and Cedar's unauthorized tour of Lisette's life? | The first people who went on the tour were three older ladies |
How did the first people to go on Leo and Cedar's unauthorized tour initially feel about the tour? | At first, they were doubtful that the kids would do a good job, so they thought they'd been ripped-off |
What was the reaction of the three older ladies after the tour was over and how do you know they were pleased with the tour? | At the end of the tour, the ladies were very pleased and they gave Leo a ten dollar tip |
After the first Lisette tour, Cedar asks Leo what he's saving the money they make for. What is Leo's answer? | He's saving up for a plane ticket to England |
What play does Leo want to see Barnaby Chesterfield perform in London, England? | Hamlet |
When Cedar and Miles' mom was out running errands, they would watch a soap opera called Times of Our Seasons. What was the name of their favorite character on the soap opera? | Harley |
What strange thing had happened to their favorite character, Harley? | Harley had been buried alive (in a coffin in the ground) |
After the purple toothbrush was left on her windowsill, Cedar initially thought the birds had left it and the screwdriver. What was Cedar's next thought about who may have left the items on her windowsill? | Cedar thought Lisette Chamberlain's ghost may have left the items. |
When Cedar returned from the costume shop after meeting Meg for the first time, Leo made a comment about it making sense that Cedar and Meg got along. Why did Leo think it would "make sense" that Cedar and Meg got along? | Because he thought they were both of Korean ancestry |
After Cedar realized that both she and Leo knew how it felt to be different, what does she say is the thing that she likes the best about Leo? | She likes best that Leo likes the world, even though the world doesn't always like him back |
How did Cedar and Miles' mom find out that they were watching the soap opera Times of Our Seasons? | Miles had a nightmare about being buried alive and admitted it was from the soap opera he and Cedar were watching |
After Cedar sees Leo interacting with his family, she realizes that one thing she knows for sure is what? | That it's possible to be different, but still to be loved by and to fit in with your family |
Leo tells Cedar that the police report of Lisette's death is public information, but Cedar doesn't want to read it for herself. Why doesn't Cedar want to read the police report? | Because her Dad and brother, Ben, died in a car accident and a police report of that accident also exists. She has no interest in reading police reports because the details are too much |
Where did Ben and his dad's fatal car accident occur? | It happened on the freeway, while Cedar's dad and Ben were running errands |
What does Leo say after Cedar tells him the specifics of the car accident that killed her dad and her brother, Ben? | Leo says, "I wish I'd known your dad and your brother." |
What did the family whose son received Ben's cornea want in the letter they sent Cedar? | The family wanted to meet Ben's family |