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Stargirl Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is Borlock? | Leos last name |
| Who is Kevin? | Hot Seat anchorman/Leo's best friend |
| Who is Stargirl? | Caraway - Leo's girlfriend/Main Character/Susan |
| Who is Dori? | Stargirl's one true friend |
| Who is Archie? | Paleontologist - Lives in the desert |
| Who is Wayne? | Wayne Parr - Hilari Kimbles boyfriend - Nobody knows what he is popular |
| Who is Danny? | Pike - Had an accident with his bike |
| Who is Hillari? | Kimble - Threatened to drop Stargirls rat - Hated stargirl |
| What is Chico? | Hand-held HotSeat camera and its operator |
| Who is Kovac? | Injured star basketball player from opposing team - Stargirl helped him |
| Who is Peter? | Stargirl took pictures of him, made a scrapbook for him. Stargirl's neighbor. |
| Who is Mr. Robineau? | Teacher-advisor to Hot Seat |
| Evelyn Everybody? | Fictitious person Stargirl made up |
| Who is Jerry Spinelli? | Author of Stargirl |
| Who is Barney? | Ancient Rodent of Archies |
| Senor Saguaro? | Cactus |
| Who is Mr. Mcshane? | Teacher who drove Susan and Leo to the Oratorical contest |
| Who is Cinnamon? | Stargirl's rat |
| Who was Susan? | Stargirl when she changed to try and be popular |
| Three things that were unusual that Stargirl did at the beginning of school | 1) Carried a sunflower canvas bag 2) Played ukulele and sang it at lunch 3) Sang Happy Birthday to the kids at school 4) Turned left instead of right at the cross country meet and never crossed the finish line 5) Brought her pet rat to school |
| Describe Archie's "School" | His "school" was always open, but "official" classes were only on Saturday mornings. |
| What was unusual about Stargirl's cheering? | She cheered for everything and everyone |
| What was the job of the hotseat jury? | To ask embarrassing and nosy questions to make the person uncomfortable but not to roast them |
| What was Leo's reaction to Stargirl's Valentine message? | He avoided her. He didn't want to be associated with her because she was unpopular but he secretly liked her. |
| How did the students at school treat Stargirl after the basketball team lost? | Gave her the silent treatment |
| How did Stargirl learn what was going on in people's lives? | Newspaper fillers, Death notices, birthday and wedding announcements, bulletin boards, listened to people talk. |
| Why was Leo surprised at Stargirl's house, parents and room? | He expected them to be unusual but they were ordinary and normal. |
| What was Leo's crime? | He linked himself to an unpopular person |
| Did changing to Susan increase Stargirl's popularity at school? | No, the students still gave her the silent treatment, |
| What two birds did Susan talk about on the way to the oratorical contest? | Moa and Mockingbird |
| What mysterious gift appeared on Leo's doorstep on his birthday? | Porcupine necktie |
| How did Stargirl's happy wagon work? | When she was happy she put a pebble in her wagon, when she was sad she took one out |
| What is the lowest number of Pebbles Stargirl had in her happy wagon? | 2, when Peter came to her house |
| Where was Stargirl's office? | At Archie's place |
| What was in Stargirl's office? | Cards, plants, pictures, paints, phone books, birthday calendars, files on various people she had been keeping |
| What is the Sunflower club? | Group at school that vowed to do one nice thing per day for someone other than themselves |
| What happened to Stargirl at the end of the Ocotillo Ball? | Hillari Kimble slapped her |
| What was the title of Susan's first speech at the contest? | "I might have been a moa" |
| Who welcomed Susan at school after the contest? | Dori and a teacher |
| Why was Stargirl's giving unusual? | She didn't want any credit |
| Describe Stargirl's card game? | She would follow someone for fifteen minutes and try to figure out why kind of card she would send them |
| Identify Ukee Dooks | The Ukee Dooks was the name of a Ukelele group Stargirl started at school. |
| Why was Dori mad at Susan? | She felt like Susan has betrayed herself by giving up Stargirl |