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A Week in the Woods
Clements
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who is the author of A Week in the Woods? | Clements |
| In what city and state does a Week in the Woods take place? | Whitson, New Hampshire |
| What is the name of the school that Mark attends? | Hardy Elementary |
| What is the name of the park that Mark goes to? | Gray's Notch State Park |
| What is Mark's full name? | Mark Robert Chemsley (the fourth) |
| What does Mr. Maxwell teach? | 5th grade science |
| What is Mr. Maxwell's first name? | Bill |
| How old is Bill Maxwell? | 45 years old |
| For how many years has Mr. Maxwell been leading a week in the woods? | this is his 16th year |
| Who is the only kid that Mr. Maxwell has ever used his "homework rule" on, which is that he offers to go home and help find the homework if a kid says it is lost? | Timmy Weston |
| What story told about Hydrochloric Acid & Zinc to make hydrogen that allowed flotation? | Hindenburg story |
| What was the famous line from the the Hindenburg story? | Oh, the humanity |
| Who answered the questions about the bubbles in the Hindenburg story? | Jenny Rogers |
| How many acres of land does Mr. Maxwell own? | 45 acres |
| In what nearby town does Mr. Maxwell live? | Atlinboro |
| How long does it take Mr Maxwell to get to school every day? | 1 hour |
| What did Mr Maxwell study in college before switching to teaching? | Environmental studies |
| Mr Maxwell broke off his engagement with his high school sweetheart when she went to work for what? | a paper company |
| Who are Mark's caretakers? | Leon & Anya Lermentov |
| Where are Leon & Anya Lermentov from? | central Russia, near Ural Mountains |
| What was Leon's job in Russia? | he was a potato farmer |
| What is the first and last name of the Chemsley's handyman? | Leon Lermentov |
| What was Anya's job in Russia? | a nursery school teacher |
| What is the first and last name of the Chemsley's housekeeper? | Anya Lermentov |
| What are Mark's parent's first & last names? | Robert & Eloise Chemsley |
| How long have the Lermentov's been with the Chemsley family? | 5 years |
| What percentage of their company do the Chemsley's own? | 65% |
| The Chemsley's moved to Whitson, NH because they bought a new company in what nearby city? | Lebanon |
| What is the first & last name of Mark's new friend at Hardy Elementary? | Jason Frazier |
| Where did Jason's brother go to college? | Princeton |
| Who is the math teacher that doesn't like a week in the woods? | Elsa Leghorn |
| What two wrong names did Mark call the math teacher at first? | Longhorn, Lego (correct name is Mrs. Leghorn) |
| What did Mrs. Leghorn teach in math class to prepare the kids for camp? | rate and distance |
| What did Mrs. Leghorn wear to camp that seemed inappropriate? | White tennis shoes, a sweater and a purse |
| What teachers were on Mark's bus to camp? | Mrs. Leghorn & Mrs. Stearns |
| What was Mrs. Leghorn doing when she saw Mark heading toward the trail? | going to the kitchen for a coffee refill |
| Who was the reading teacher for Mark? | Mrs. Stearns |
| What teacher was left in charge when Mr. Maxwell was going to leave with Mark? | Mrs. Stearns |
| What did Mrs. Stearns wear to camp that seemed more appropriate than what Mrs. Leghorn wore? | jeans, sweatshirt, hiking boots |
| Who is the social studies teacher at Hardy Elementary? | Mrs. Farr |
| What did Mark answer when Mrs. Farr asked what was the first battle of the Civil War? | Manassas (She wanted the answer Fort Sumter, but Mark said that was where the war started but is was not really a battle) |
| Mrs. Farr gave a map of the park and talked about Indians and said that part of the park was closed due to what? | a dig site |
| What teacher taught Mark Language Arts? | Mrs. Bender |
| What teacher gave the journal for camp? | Mrs. Bender, the language arts teacher |
| Who was the gym teacher that made the obstacle course? | Mr. Harris |
| Who is the principal of Hardy Elementary? | Mrs. Gibson |
| What is the first and last name of the Ranger at Gray's Notch State Park? | Jim Pletcher |
| Who was Jim Pletcher talking to on the phone about pumping the tank behind the latrine when Mr. Maxwell came in to call Mark's parents? | Tommy |
| Whose name was on the knife that Jim Pletcher found? | Jason Frazier |
| In what New Mexico City did Mark attend Montessori preschool? | Sante Fe |
| Mark went to kindergarten at Hames school in what city and state? | New York, NY |
| Where did Mark attend the American school for 1st & 2nd grade? | Paris, France |
| For the last 3 years, Mark has attended Lawton Country Day school in what city and state? | Scarsdale, NY |
| What was the first public school that Mark ever attended? | Hardy Elementary |
| Where was Mark's parents planning to send him to school after Hardy Elementary? | Runyan Academy, the prestigious private school |
| On what date did Mark move to Whitson? | February 13th |
| Whitson NH is located in the White Mountains and the tallest mountain is what? | Mount Washington |
| What was special about the penny Mark found just before he moved? | It had the same year on it that he was born |
| Where exactly did Mark put the penny that he found in his old house in Scarsdale? | On the right front leg of the radiator |
| How many inches of snow fell when Mark arrived in Whitson? | 8 inches |
| What was Mark's favorite meal? | Tomato soup, grilled ham and cheese, carrot sticks w ranch, apple pie w vanilla ice cream |
| In Mark's new house, there was a secret room leading for the door in the firewood bin that was thought to be used for what? | the underground railroad |
| Whose house did Mark's parents buy in Whitson? | the Fawcett place. They bought this house plus 400 more acres |
| In what year was the Fawcett house, Mark's new house, founded? | 1798 |
| Whose name was on the grave site with the 1825 date near Mark's new home? | Sarah Lynn Fawcett |
| what color was marks tarp when he slept in the barn | blue |
| what was marks cabins name at camp | ravens nest |
| what kind of blanket did mark buy | a space blanket |
| where did mark make camp when he got lost in the woods | under a rocky ledge |
| Who taught Mark to snow shoe? | Leon |
| Before he got new hi tech snow shoes, whose did Mark use? | Anya's |
| The three parts that Leon talked about when snow shoeing are: keep legs apart, toes up, and what else? | tail dragging |
| The first week, Mark explored what part of his new surroundings? | The grounds |
| The second week, Mark explored what part of his new surroundings? | The barn |
| On what date did mark get the camp packet from mr. Maxwell? | Friday, Feb 27 |
| What kind of cookies did Mark have with him in the barn? | Lorna Doone |
| What books did Mark read that the school librarian recommended? | Jack London |
| What was the first story Mark read about the mean man and dog? | Diable the Dog |
| What was the second story Mark read about the man in the cold in Yukon wilderness in Canada with the dog? | To Build A Fire |
| One of Mark's earliest memory was of falling in hot red clay in Santa Fe, burning his hands, mom comforting him and then crying again when he realized what? | His yellow overall knees were red too |
| On what date did Mark's parents return home? | March 10th |
| On Friday April 3, Mark camped out with Leon and what did they eat? | charred hot dogs, canned baked beans, warm Hawaiian Punch, and 10 marshmallows |
| Mark decided he loved the outdoors so much that he wanted to do what to it? | "read" all of nature |
| Where did mark go for his shopping spree? | REI (Recreational Equipment Inc) |
| what website did he use that had camping tips? | Mr. Survival, from wyoming |
| What are the two ways Mr Survival suggested to make a fire | magnesium block and a striker or cotton balls soaked in petroleum |
| besides the item suggested by mr survival, what two other things did mark buy? | a new sleeping bag and a frame back pack |
| what brand of flashlight is mark buy? | mini mag light |
| how much did mark spend on camping gear? | $1100 |
| Mark justified how much he spent on camping gear because he said he had ski gear back in Scarsdale worth how much? | $900 |
| The trip to Gray's Notch State Park always took place during the 3rd week of what month? | April |
| What was Mark's cabin's name? | Raven's Nest |
| Whose dad was the cabin chaperone? | Jessica Frost's dad, Mr. Frost |
| How many item did Mark's team find on the scavenger hunt list and how many did the winning team find? | 62 out of 75, winning team found 67 |
| How many of the items on the scavenger hunt list did Mark & Jason find? | 18 |
| What did the winning and losing teams of the scavenger hunt get? | winners - extra helping of dessert losers - set up and clean up dinnere |
| who did mr. Maxwell catch with the multi tool? | mark but it was jason's |
| what kind of car did mark get in to go home from camp? | a blue GMC pick up truck |
| Who found Jason's name on the knife? | Jim Pletcher, the park ranger |
| What was the name of the trail that mark first took and what color were the markers? | Barker's Fall Trail, red markers |
| What was the name of the second trail that Mark got on and what color were the markers? | Loop Trail, blue markers |
| How did Mr. Maxwell track Mark on the trail? | footprints |
| Mark cut west to avoid the very top of Loop Trail but missed the downward section because of what? | it was overgrown due to being closed for so long |
| Mark ran & fell hurting what when he heard Mr Maxwell calling? | his left palm |
| Why doesn't Mr. Maxwell hear Mark blowing the whistle? | He passed out from pain due to the rock falling on his right ankle |
| What did Mark use for kindling to make a fire? | birch bark |
| What did Mark have ready to use for a club? | a large male branch |
| What time did Mr. Maxwell find Mark from the fire smoke? | 3:30 am |
| How did Mr Maxwell free his right ankle from under the rock? | he used the multitool to cut down a tree |
| When Mark & Mr Maxwell broke camp, they headed due east to find what trail? | Barker's Fall trail |
| mark & Mr Maxwell wanted to be back to camp by breakfast because they always had what on the first day | pancakes |
| What did mark ask his dad to bring him? | the penny |
| What are the names of the mountains near mark's new home? | White Mountains, highest = Mount Washington |
| What is the name of the German airship Mr Maxwell talked about in science? | The Hindenburg |
| Who was the author of the scry stories Mark read in the barn? | Jack London |
| What is the name of the fire starter Mark bought? | a magnesium block with a striker |
| what 2 schools was Mark to attend in New Hampshire? | Hardy Elementary and Runyon Academy |
| What did the locals call Mark's new house? | The Fawcett Farm |
| Where are the places Mark lived in order most recent first? | Whitson NH, Scarsdale NY, Paris, NYC, Santa Fe, NM |
| During Mark's flashback in the barn, what color were his overalls? | yellow |
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