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The Last Cuentista
BOB
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does Lita give Petra as an early gift for her thirteenth birthday? (Pg. 1-2) | A silver sun-shaped obsidian pendant. |
| Who believes obsidian holds magic? (Pg. 2) | Yucatecos. |
| What is Pleaides Corp's signature color? (Pg. 21) | Royal Purple |
| What filters sunlight at Petra's Church? (Pg. 22) | The Jonah and Whale stained glass window. |
| Where did one ship lose contact? (Pg. 22) | When it approached the Alpha Centurai. |
| How old is Tia Berta's pecan tree? (Pg. 23) | 100 years old. |
| What is the name of the new planet? (Pg. 23) | Sagan |
| What is Petra's tortoise's name? (Pg. 23) | Rapido |
| How much time are Petra and her family going to be asleep for? (Pg. 26) | 380 years. |
| What did the Chinese geneticists recreate? (Pg. 28) | Wally the Wooly |
| What hoodie did Javier really like? What was on the sides of that hoodie? (Pg. 28) | His Gen-Gyro-Gang hoodie. A baby Hypacrosauras was one one side and a Dodo bird was on the other side. |
| What was Petra's American girl doll named? (Pg. 27) | Josefina. |
| What pet did Javier have? What was his name? (Pg. 29) | An African dwarf frog. Gordo. |
| What book had a mother with caring eyes like Lita's? (Pg. 29) | Dreamers. |
| How many monitors does it take for humans to continue with enough genetic diversity in case everyone dies? (Pg. 29) | 146 monitors. |
| What word does Petra say she will search up? (Pg. 31) | Dogma |
| What is the scary part of the proposed idea of equality to Petra's dad? (Pg. 31) | He thinks they are proposing sameness and not equality. |
| Which two countries have ships leaving the next day? (Pg. 31) | Japan and New Zealand. |
| What country did Petra think she was going to beforehand? (Pg. 31) | The US |
| What is the name of the children's monitor for the ship? (Pg. 34) | Ben |
| What guy bought his way onto the ship? What lessons will Petra be getting? What is her elective? (Pg. 33) | The man who invented Downloadable Cognizance. She will be getting botany and geology lessons. She has a mythology elective. |
| What eye condition does Petra have? (Pg. 35) | Retinitis Pigmentosa. |
| What floor do they go to on the ship? (Pg. 36) | Floor 6 |
| What is Ben's room above and what does it overlook? (Pg. 37) | The theater and it overlooks the park. |
| What is the only sign of resemblance of the ship kitchen to a normal kitchen? (Pg. 37) | A wall of magnawaves. |
| What does Petra's mom do? What is in the center of the park? What did her mom do when she saw the world's tallest tree? (Pg. 38) | She's a botanist. Hyperion. She hugged it and cried. |
| Who is in charge of seed vault and plant starts? (Pg. 39) | Dr. Nguyen. |
| Where will the adults be? Children? (Pg. 40) | The adults will be on the fore-starboard of the ship. The kids will be on the aft-port. |
| What mountains are back home? (Pg. 42) | Sangre de Cristo Mountains |
| What type of birthmark does Javier have? Right or left? (Pg. 44) | A constellation birthmark - a smattering of freckles. It's on his left thumb. |
| What is the most comforting thing that Petra can think of? (Pg. 50) | The prayers of mothers and abuelas (Estrellas sin cuenta).` |
| What is it called when you have a nightmare while being awake and can't move? What did Lita say it was? (Pg. 52) | Sleep paralysis. Lita called it dead person on you. |
| What is the name of the girl that was the last one? What was she allergic to? (Pg. 54) | Suma. She's allergic to sulfa. |
| In what pod was Petra? (Pg. 50) | Pod 12 |
| In how many seconds was the ship supposed to take off? (Pg. 54) | 90 seconds. |
| What ship was Ben's little brother on? (Pg. 55) | Ship 3 |
| At how many seconds did Ben confirm that the Youth pods were sealed? (Pg. 55) | 40 seconds. |
| When the ship says "Gravity Shell Activated" what does it mean? (Pg. 56) | It means that they have moved beyond Earth's exosphere. |
| What is Ben's little brother's name? (Pg. 56) | Isaac. |
| How many days after take-off is it Petra's birthday? What does that mean? (Pg. 60) | 2 days. That means that Earth is uninhabitable. |
| What does Ben call a classic? (Pg. 61) | Norse Mythology by Gaiman. |
| What author's book does Petra get first? What type of accent does he have? (Pg. 61-62) | Neil Gaiman. He has an English accent. |
| Where did Petra and her dad go when she turned 12? What was dad's heaven? (Pg. 66) | Rockhound State Park. |
| What were Petra and her dad looking for at Rockhound State Park? What did Petra find? (Pg. 67) | They were looking for Jasper. Petra found Quartz. |
| What did the people with metal detectors find? (Pg. 69) | Turqouise. |
| How many rocks did Petra's dad find? How many did the rules allow? (Pg. 69-70) | 7 and 8 were the maximum the park allowed. |
| What color and type of rock did Petra find? (Pg. 70) | She found gold Jasper. |
| When did Petra leave Earth and who is trying to erase all her programs and memories? (Pg. 72) | July 28, 2061. The "collective". |
| What is Petra's given role? (Pg. 74) | Zeta-1 Expert in botany and geology |
| What is Suma's given role supposed to be? What is her full name? (Pg. 75) | Zeta-2 and her full name is Suma Agarwal. |
| What year is it when they reach Sagan? (Pg. 77) | 2432 |
| What color eyes does mom have? What does Petra's name mean? (Pg. 78-79) | Mom has blue eyes. Petra's name means rock. |
| What is the girl two pods away's role? (Pg. 81) | She is Zeta-4 and she is expert in all things nanotechnology and surgical. |
| What does Petra name Zeta-3? (Pg. 84) | Rubio. |
| What is the color of the pill and liquid for putting them to sleep? (Pg. 85) | A blue pill with green fluid. |
| Who does Petra crash into? What excuse does she give for being outside the room? (Pg. 87) | Crick. She says she needs to use the bathroom. |
| What does the bathroom look like? (Pg. 88) | It is a small room with four toilets lined side by side. |
| What notes does Crick's whistle have? (Pg. 88) | The same 3 flat notes. |
| What did Lita's cotton nightgown smell of? What did her breath smell like? (Pg. 88) | It smelled of flowers and her breath of coffee and cinnamon. |
| What did Lita think of world leaders? (Pg. 90) | They need to swallow their pride and figure out their differences. |
| What is the chancellor's name? What is the name of the boy that slips into the room? (Pg. 92) | The chancellor's name is Nyla. The boy's name is Voxy. |
| What does Nyla's breath smell like? (Pg. 93) | Sweet fig |
| What word replaces the word harmony on the blank ceiling? What colors were harmony and unanimity in?(Pg. 94) | Harmony, in bright green was replaced by Unanimity, in purple. |
| Which boy does the that stands next to the chancellor while she is thinking about purified urine resemble? (Pg. 95) | Cole Stead |
| What does biloaf taste like? (Pg. 95) | Kale, hay, prunes, and vinegar. |
| What does the yellow liquid that the boy gives Petra taste like? (Pg. 96) | Diluted apple juice. |
| What does Petra's biloaf burp taste like? (Pg. 96) | Alfalfa amd disinfectant. |
| What is the name of the man who will accompany the Zetas? (Pg. 98) | Len. |
| What was the shrub with yellow flowers that mom pointed out? (Pg. 105) | Creosote |
| What is Petra's worst fear? (Pg. 110) | Being in complete darkness without family. |
| What color do the stairs turn as Petra walks on them? (Pg. 110) | Purple-blue. |
| What lab complex did Ben build? (Pg. 110) | A plexiglass Habitrail lab complex. |
| When was Petra's mom purged? What was her full name? (Pg. 112) | Amy Peña. She was purged on 7-24-2218. |
| When was Petra's dad purged? What was his full name? (Pg. 112) | Robert Peña. He was purged on 10-28-2277. |
| What did Petra call Spanish and English? What fairy tale did Petra tell Zeta-4? (Pg. 117) | Spanglish. The story of Princess Blancaflor. |
| What was Zeta-4's name? Why? (Pg. 118) | Feathers, because her hair was soft like feathers. |
| What color jumpsuits does Crick bring for the Zetas? Pg. 121) | Dark gray jumpsuits. |
| How are plants growing on the ship? (Pg. 123) | Mom's time released nutrients (like in Hyperion's soil) |
| What is the biloaf on the day the Zetas are leaving made of? What does it look like? (Pg. 123-124) | Kale, protein powder, and yeast (which looks like sourdough starter). |
| What is the name of the woman who was in the same Collective creation branch as Len? Who is she talking to? (Pg. 125) | Glish. Hammerhead. |
| What are the floor and ceiling made of? (Pg. 127) | Gunmetal |
| What will Feathers be doing on Sagan? (Pg. 127) | Looking for raw material for nanotech such as carbon nanotubes. |
| What does Nyla (the chancellor) want Petra to do? (Pg. 128) | She wants her to create an airborne herbicide to kill dangerous plants. Petra will collect dangerous specimen and the herbicide will be created in the lab. |
| What color does the remote-pilot setting make the cockpit turn? (Pg. 129) | Red |
| Who was piloting the shuttle? What has Petra piloted before? (Pg. 129) | Crick. A hovercar. |
| How many degrees is the descent? (Pg. 130) | 45 degrees. |
| In what direction is Sagan's dark side and icy mountains? (Pg. 132) | East |
| What does the planet behind the moons look like? (Pg. 132) | It's a ringed planet that glows yellow in the pale purple sky. |
| What does Sagan smell like? (Pg. 137) | Grass and something fragrant like Mom's sweet peas. |
| Petra collects four bags and two vials. What do they have in them? (Pg. 138) | Lake vines and lake water is in the vials. |
| What was the deadliest toxin known on Earth? How many units per kilogram did it have? (Pg. 139) | Botulism needed at least 1 nanogram per kilogram to kill a human. |
| What was the toxicity of the green plant with red rimmed leaves's toxicity? (Pg. 139) | LD50 .001 nanograms per kilogram |
| What does Len have on his skin? What do the Zetas pour over him? Which person wanted that liquid? (Pg. 144-145) | He has boils on his skin. The Zetas pour water over him. Rubio was thirsty. |
| What does the word dogma mean? (Pg. 153) | It means a set of rules that are accepted without any doubts as it is laid out as incontrovertibly true. |
| Who is inside Petra's hexagon on the second day of scouting? (Pg. 157) | Suma |
| Which Zeta is Suma? (Pg. 157) | Zeta-2 |
| How do you start a cuento to set the mood? | Había una vez. |
| What cuento does Petra tell first? Which one does she tell second? (Pg. 118 and 158) | Blancaflor's story and los Viejos's story |
| What is the Andromeda galaxy also known as? Who shouldn't interrupt a cuento? (Pg. 159) | Messier 31 with 2 trillion planets. Zeta-4. |
| How does a cuento end? (Pg. 161) | With a saying to close out what you've heard. |
| How many steps are there on the stairs? (Pg. 162) | 218 steps. |
| What is the name of the man who will work in the lab with Petra? What did he used to know? (Pg. 164) | Epsilon-5. Any chemical equation or macromolecular synthesis . |
| When Petra tells Epsilon-5 of the tiny winged creatures, what does he ask her to learn? (Pg. 165) | What they are afraid of. |
| What does Petra have to promise Voxy in return for him showing her the relics? (Pg. 172) | That she will keep telling him her cuentos. |
| What is the code to the Chancellor's room? (Pg. 175) | 2061 |
| What relic was Voxy trying to show Petra? (Pg. 177) | Javier's book. |
| Who owned the baseball card that was on the door of the Seed Vault? (Pg. 184) | Foster, Niles. |
| What is the code for exiting Nyla's room? (Pg. 184) | 2442 |
| Where does Nyla's meeting take place? (Pg. 185) | In what used to be the cafeteria. |
| At what fact does Petra laugh? (Pg. 186) | That the terra-formers are on planet Sagan. |
| What are each of the Zeta's tasks? (Pg. 188) | Petra - De-leafing the planet Suma - creating fuel for the ship Rubio - ensuring proper oxygen composition Feathers - Ensure the Collective has nanomeds to keep their bodies functioning |
| What does Petra mix to kill the unwanted plants? (Pg. 194) | Surfactant (dawn dish soap), NaCl (salt), and a chemical derivative of acetic acid (vinegar). |
| When had Petra used her concoction for plants before? (Pg. 194) | To stop Mrs. Tronsted's hosta plants from creeping into mom's berries. |
| How long has Epsilon 5 helped the collective? What does that mean about his age? (Pg. 197) | A unit. That means he was younger than Petra when they took him out of stasis. |
| Who is Epsilon 5? How does Petra find out? (Pg. 198) | Javier. She finds out because he reveals he's been helping the collective for a Unit and his birthmark on his left thumb. |
| What does Javier drop? (Pg. 204) | The dish soap. |
| What does Petra add to Javier's mix? (Pg. 206-207) | She adds the stasis gel and oxygen to the mixture. |
| What does Petra hope will be the toxicity when she comes back from the room? (Pg. 207) | LD 50 0.000 nanograms per kilogram |
| What three words are on the ceiling during the party? (Pg. 209) | Sacrifice, Commitment, and Accord |
| What library does the seed vault remind Petra of? (Pg. 213) | The Piñon Elementary Library |
| What color and types of flowers did Lita wear in her and dad's picture? What color suit did dad wear? (Pg. 214) | Red, orange, and yellow roses and peonies. Dad wears a tan suit. |
| What is Suma's mom's name? (Pg. 215) | Preeti Agarwal. |
| What is the name of the monster who steals children if they are awake? (Pg. 217) | La Llorona. |
| What level is the lab on? (Pg. 218) | The Hold level. |
| What page does Javier always touch in Dreamers? (Pg. 221) | The page with the orange-and-black monarch. |
| Who was hiding when Petra and Javier were meeting each other? (Pg. 224) | Voxy |
| What tonic does Voxy drink when he's scared? (Pg. 225) | Green tonic. |
| Who tells Nyla about Petra remembering everything? Where do they take her next? (Pg. 226-228) | Javier. The decontamination room to erase her memories. |
| What does Petra see in her dream when she is getting reprogrammed? (Pg. 231 | She sees the rabbit, hears music, sits next to Lita, and finds Ben and his library. |
| Who tells Petra to wake up? (Pg. 237-238) | Ben, the librarian, the rabbit, and Lita. |
| What did Petra realize she was? (Pg. 237) | What Lita thought - a story teller. |
| What did Petra think was heaven in her dream? What would she rather have over it? (Pg. 240) | Being in Ben's library of tales. She would rather spend one moment with Javier. |
| What does Javier tell Petra after placing a hand on her cheek like Lita used to? (Pg. 241) | That she will have an amazing life. |
| What camp did Petra go to for the week? (Pg. 242) | Camp Condor. |
| What would Javier do when he was mad at Petra? (Pg. 244) | Steal her micro dolls and hide them in a creosote bush. |
| What are Javier's last words to Petra? (Pg. 242) | I love you too. |
| Where did Petra's mom's wedding ring go? (Pg. 246) | Nyla must have removed it. |
| Where did Petra get lost when she was 7? (Pg. 248-249) | The Desert Botanical Garden. |
| What does Petra turn off in Voxy's suit to ensure he can't be tracked? (Pg. 249) | The corpomonitor. |
| How much danger is there from the wind when they leave the cave? (Pg. 256) | 20% |
| What did Javier whisper to Voxy? (Pg. 257) | That Voxy shouldn't be afraid because he had a plan and this wasn't the end of Petra's story. |
| What does Petra think Voxy's favorite color probably was? (Pg. 257) | Clear |
| How many hours does Petra hear Feathers and Voxy giggling and flapping? (Pg. 259) | 2 hours |
| What does everyone do to hide from the drones? (Pg. 261-262) | They swim through the river. |
| What direction do the drones go in after passing everyone? (Pg. 263) | South |
| Where are all the drones going? (Pg. 263) | The lowest waterfall. |
| What color does Sagan's sky turn when the drones release the mist? (Pg. 264) | Brown |
| What was Javier holding when he was controlling the shuttle? (Pg. 268) | His book. |
| What color was Lita's blanket? (Pg. 269) | Black-and-red striped. |
| Where did Petra live? (Pg. 269) | New Mexico |
| What clothing does Petra give Feathers? (Pg. 269) | Javier's size 7 jeans and Gen-Gyro-Gang hoodie. |
| What does Suma say Petra is? (Pg. 270) | A storyteller. |
| What type of logs did Lita use? (Pg. 271) | Piñon logs |
| What story will Petra use to ask others of the people the lost (if she gets to grow old)? (Pg. 272) | The story of the fire snake. |
| What are stories there to do? (Pg. 272) | Help us remember and forget. |
| Where do people smell the smoke and hear the music coming from? (Pg. 274) | The South and the caves next to the waterfall. |
| What does Lita tell Petra? (Pg. 274) | "You will be a great Cuentista, Petra." |
| What did Javier's last words mean? (Pg. 274) | That he was talking about getting all the survivors off of Earth. |
| What was the place where the music was coming from? (Pg. 275) | Home. |
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