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OBOB Best Book Worms
A True Home
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who is the author of Heartwood Hotel A True Home? | Kallie George |
| Why did Mona the mouse have to leave her old hollow stump? | It was flooded out by the storm |
| What did Mona love about her hollow stump home? | It had a mushroom table and was near the stream. |
| What was the only thing Mona had left from her family? | A suitcase made from a walnut shell with a little heart carved into the front. |
| What was the name of the place where Mona and the other animals lived? | Fernwood Forest |
| Why didn’t Mona want to look for a home to the right of the hollow stump? | There was a farm with a cat in that direction |
| What sound made Mona and all the other animals in the forest scared? | The howl of wolves |
| Why were small animals afraid of wolves? | They were hunters and couldn’t be trusted |
| How did Mona lose her parents? | They were swept away in a storm. |
| How did Mona know the hollow tree had been a bear’s den? | It smelled like fur, fish, and berries. |
| What were all mice good at doing? | balancing |
| What happened when she was crossing the stream on a stick and saw the wolf eyes in the bushes? | She fell into the water and was swept away in the stream |
| What initials were carved inside a heart into the trunk of the giant tree Mona washed up to? | HH |
| What happened when Mona touched the heart with the HH initials? | It clicked and a door opened up |
| What did Mona smell when she went into the Heartwood Hotel tree? | Roasted acorns |
| What did the sign above the hearth of the Heartwood Hotel say? | We live by ‘protect and respect’, not by ‘tooth and claw’ |
| What kind of animals did Mona see dancing and eating in the ballroom inside the Heartwood Hotel? | Rabbits, chipmunks, squirrels, hedgehogs, birds, a lizard, and a badger |
| What kinds of food and beverage were in the ballroom when Mona first came into the Heartwood Hotel? | Mushrooms, juniper berries, licorice roots, acorns, and honey to drink |
| What were the animals celebrating at the Heartwood Hotel when Mona first got there? | The First Acorn Festival to celebrate the arrival of Autumn |
| What was the name of the group of three dark blue birds singing on the stage in the ballroom when Mona first came in? | The Blue Bow Warblers |
| What were the Blue Bow Warblers going to do after their final concert at the Heartwood Hotel? | Fly south for the winter |
| What was one of the Blue Bow Warblers favorite songs that they sang on the stage? | Moon Shine, Sun Rise |
| Who first greeted Mona at the Heartwood Hotel? | The lizard, Gilles |
| What famous guests had stayed previously at the Heartwood Hotel? | Randolph the rabbit speed-race champion and the duchess squirrel Henrietta the Third |
| What large animals did the Heartwood Hotel protect small animals from? | Wolves, coyotes, and cougars |
| What was the name of the newspaper that frustrated Mr. Heartwood by not reviewing the hotel? | The Pinecone Press |
| Which animal was the largest and oldest animal at the Heartwood Hotel? | The badger |
| What did the badger have around his neck? | A big set of wooden keys |
| Where did the badger think the wolves lived? | In the Great Woods past the Fernwood Foothills |
| What did the badger notice about Mona that he said was a coincidence? | The heart carved into her suitcase like the heart carved into the tree of the hotel. |
| What did Mona do for Mr. Heartwood in exchange for letting her stay the night? | Help clean up after the Acorn Festival party |
| What was the name of the maid at the Heartwood Hotel? | Tilly |
| Why did Mr. Heartwood hate wolves? | They had taken his wife while she was going to visit her sister. |
| Why did Mr. Heartwood create the Heartwood Hotel? | To give animals, especially traveling animals, a safe place to stay. |
| What was the sink in the Heartwood Hotel made from? | A shell |
| What kind of animal was the cook at the Heartwood Hotel? | A porcupine |
| What kind of animal was Tilly, the maid? | A red squirrel |
| What was the name of the porcupine cook? | Ms. Prickles |
| What did Ms. Prickles offer to Mona to eat that she said was a favorite with the guests who were mice? | Cheese crumble |
| What was the name of the housekeeper at the Heartwood Hotel that was sick with a cold? | Mrs. Higgens |
| Why did Tilly say that Mona didn’t need any keys? | Keys were only for proper staff, like herself, and Mona was only going to be cleaning the ballroom. |
| What did Mona use as a broom to sweep up the ballroom? | A dried dandelion |
| How many Acorn Festivals did Tilly say she had been at? | five |
| What kind of animal was Lord Sudsbury? | A skunk |
| Why did the Sudsbury skunk couple come to the Heartwood Hotel every year? | To celebrate their anniversary |
| Why did Tilly need to get the squirrels rooms ready first? | They were going to have a big nutstorage practices convention |
| What was the currency used to pay employees of the Heartwood Hotel? | Fernwood farthings |
| What did Tilly’s mom say about mice? | That they had brains like Swiss cheese – full of holes. |
| Why was the Strawberry Festival canceled? | The strawberry season came too early |
| Why didn’t the blackberry season ever come? | It was too dry. |
| What did the frogs do in their suite at the Heartwood Hotel? | They overflowed the tub |
| Why did the boars’ suite get extra soap? | They liked to scrub twice |
| What kind of bedding did rabbits like? | Dried grass or oak shavings |
| What kind of bedding did squirrels like? | Crumbled leaves and twigs |
| What kind of bedding did birds like? | Nests made of moss |
| What kind of bedding did moles like? | Dirt and leaves |
| Which animals stayed in the underground floor, the root floor? | Rabbits, moles, voles, shrews, and ground squirrels |
| What was the floor below the root floor of the Heartwood Hotel used for? | Hibernation suites and food storage |
| What was the deepest floor of the Heartwood Hotel used for? | It was Mr. Heartwood’s quarters |
| When did they light the hearth in the Heartwood Hotel? | The First Snow Festival |
| Why did the Heartwood Hotel have the Six-Legged Rule? | Insects were so small, everyone would have to worry about where they stepped. |
| What were the trunk floors of the Heartwood Hotel used for? | Room for skunks, hedgehogs and badgers |
| Who was the only badger that had stayed in the Heartwood Hotel? | Mr. Heartwood himself |
| What were the branch floors of the Heartwood Hotel used for? | Rooms for squirrels, chipmunks, and other small animals |
| Which kind of animals were the ones to most often stay at the Heartwood Hotel? | The small animals like squirrels and chipmunks |
| What were the twig floors of the Heartwood Hotel used for? | Rooms for birds and opossums |
| How did opossums like to sleep at the Heartwood Hotel? | They liked to hang upside down from the hanging branch balconies |
| What were the biggest and most expensive suites at the top of the tree of the Heartwood Hotel used for? | The honeymoon suite and the penthouse suite |
| What part of the Heartwood Hotel was very popular at night? | The stargazing balcony |
| What hung on the railing of the Stargazing Balcony? | binoculars |
| What did Mona notice about the blue swallow on the balcony with her? | One of the birds wings was in a sling and she was crying |
| What was the name of the bird with the broken wing? | Miss Cybele |
| Why did Tilly snap at Mona when Mona asked Miss Cybele, the bird, if she was okay? | They weren’t allowed to speak to the guests unless the guests spoke to them first. |
| What kind of animal was Mrs. Higgens, the housekeeper? | A hedgehog |
| What were the Sudsbury’s special requests for their suite? | Black & white striped sheets, marinated mushrooms, a skunk cabbage bloom, perm rollers for Lady Sudsbury, a tie press for Lord Sudbury, and binoculars |
| What was the bed like in the honeymoon suite? | It was shaped like a heart and stuffed with cattail fluff. |
| What was Mrs. Higgen’s husband’s job at the Heartwood Hotel? | He was the gardener |
| What plant overpowered the rest in the garden with a fresh, sweet smell? | peppermint |
| What vegetables grew together in one patch in the garden? | Onions and artichokes |
| What did Mr. Higgens give to Mona? | A sprig peppermint |
| Why did the Sudsburys like to have the skunk cabbage in their suite? | It reminded them of home |
| What did the skunk cabbage look like? | It was a leafy plant with one yellow flower on the end of a stalk shaped like a candle flame |
| Why did Mona have to be careful not to surprise the Sudsburys? | They might spray |
| What was Lady Sudsbury’s first name? | Rose |
| What was Lord Sudsbury’s first name? | Hawthorne |
| Why didn’t Lady Sudsbury want Mona to tell Mr. Heartwood that she surprised them and made Lady Sudsbury spray? | He might make them leave |
| How did Mona get rid of the stinky smell from Lady Sudsbury’s spray? | She brought in a bunch of peppermint and they crushed it and spread it around the room. |
| What did the heart shaped soap in the washroom smell like? | Nuts and honey |
| What did Mona accidentally call Mrs. Higgens, the hedgehog? | Ms. Prickles (a porcupine) |
| How many squirrels came to the Heartwood Hotel for the convention? | fifteen |
| What did the squirrels drink that made them get wild? | Malted honey |
| What were the names of the3 laundry rabbits who were siblings? | Maggie and Maurice |
| What did Mrs. Higgens tell Mona when Mona asked what Tilly had gone through? | Everyone’s heart has hurts, some more than others |
| In what room was Miss Cybele staying in? | Twig 44 |
| What did Mona hear when she went to Twig 44 where Miss Cybele was staying? | singing |
| What did Miss Cybele always do because she had such a pretty voice? | She led the migration melodies for her flock |
| What did the inscription carved below the roosting peg in Miss Cybele’s room say? | Heartwood Hotel - Home for all, Forever Thanks, M + T |
| Why couldn’t Miss Cybele go with her flock when they flew south for the winter? | There was a storm on the day of the Acorn festival and she was blown into a branch and sprained her wing. |
| Why did Miss Cybele cry? | She was lonely because she couldn’t go with her flock. |
| What did Miss Cybele make up a song about? | The Heartwood Hotel |
| What did Mr. Heartwood offer to Miss Cybele in exchange for her singing for Heartwood Hotel guests? | He would waive her room fee and upgrade her to a bird room. |
| When did Miss Cybele give her first performance at the Heartwood Hotel? | At the last dinner of the squirrel’s convention |
| What was the name of the woodpecker who was one of the Heartwood Hotel employees? | Tony |
| Why did Tony, the woodpecker, sound an alarm? | There was a bear outside the hotel tree at the hidden front door. |
| Why was it strange for a bear to come up to the Heartwood Hotel tree? | It was late fall, so he should be hibernating. |
| How did Mr. Heartwood always talk which was unique? | He talked in rhyme |
| What did Mona suspect about the bear who was at the front door of the Heartwood Hotel? | He was lost |
| What did Mona do the first time she ignored Tilly that was very brave? | She went into the lobby to talk to the bear. |
| How did Mona know the bear was very old? | He had silvery streaks in his fur |
| What did Mona hit the bear in the nose with? | A seedcake |
| What was the name of the bear? | Brumble |
| How did Mona help Brumble, the bear? | She told him where his den was, upstream from the hotel, and then showed him the way home while riding on his back. |
| Why did Brumble, the bear, wake up and decide to move to his childhood den? | The wolves howling woke him up. |
| Why did Mona think the wolves were far away from the Heartwood Hotel? | Brumble, the bear, had moved near the hotel to get away from the wolves. |
| How did guests and staff traditionally decorate the Heartwood Hotel for the First Snow Festival? | They hung lanterns on the tree and light them for one night. |
| What did Tilly say when Mona asked her if she could put up a black & white picture that Lady Sudsbury wanted to give her? | She wasn’t allowed to take gifts from guests, and she wouldn’t be there much longer anyway. |
| Which guests who usually stayed in the penthouse for the First Snow canceled? | The Newtons who were newts |
| When did Mona usually watch the front desk? | When Gilles took sun-basking breaks |
| What kind of animal did Mona check into the penthouse suite of the Heartwood Hotel? | A June bug |
| What was the June Bug’s name? | Ms. J. |
| How much did a regular room at the hotel cost? | One Fernwood farthing |
| How much did the penthouse suite at the hotel cost? | Five Fernwood farthings |
| What policy did Ms. J. say she had heart about and was concerned about? | Prejudice against six-legged creatures |
| Why did Gilles yell at Mona when he came back to the front desk? | He found out she booked Ms. J, the June bug, and there were no bugs allowed in the hotel. |
| After leaving the Heartwood Hotel, where did Mona stay for the night? | A damp hollow log |
| What memory did Mona have when she ate the seedcake? | Her mom making seedcakes for her that tasted exactly like Ms. Prickles’ recipe |
| What did the wolf, Wince, think about the Heartwood Hotel? | That it was just a myth |
| What happened to Mona while she was hiding inside the damp log after leaving the hotel? | A bunch of wolves gathered around and she heard about their plan to attack the animals in the Heartwood Hotel. |
| How did the wolves plan to find the Heartwood Hotel? | Wait until they hung all the lights on the branches for the First Snow Festival. |
| Which of the wolves wore a moles’ badge on a ribbon around his neck? | Gnarl |
| What did Wince say he smelled? | Mouse meat |
| What did Mr. Heartwood say to Mona about her leaving the hotel without talking to him first? | She broke his trust in her and her pledge. |
| What did Tilly confess to help Mona? | That she had tricked Mona into leaving by telling her she had to leave or she would be fired. |
| Why did Tilly treat Mona so badly? | She was afraid they would choose Mona over her. |
| What did Mr. Heartwood decide to do so the wolves wouldn’t know which tree was the Heartwood Hotel? | Cancel the First Snow Festival - no lights, no fire, and no cooking foods. |
| What was Mona’s idea to save the Heartwood Hotel and the First Snow Festival? | They hung light on Brumble, the bear’s, tree and put peppermint around it to mask his scent, so when the wolves came, he would scare them away. |
| What did Mona bring for Brumble when she made him wake up to help them? | A piece of honeycomb |
| What did Mr. Heartwood offer to Brumble, the bear, in exchange for helping them by scaring away the wolves? | More honeycomb and berries ready for him when he woke up in the spring |
| What was the most dangerous job, which Mona volunteered for, to disguise Brumble’s tree as the Heartwood Hotel? | Hanging the lanterns on branches |
| What happened that almost ruined their plan to disguise Brumble’s tree as the Heartwood Hotel? | A big wind blew out all the lanterns hanging on one side of the tree. |
| How did Mona get the wolves to see all the lanterns that were still lit on the other side of Brumble’s tree? | She ran out in front of them to lure them to the other side. |
| What did Mr. Heartwood tell Mona after the bravery she showed with the wolves? | He saw the same spirit in her as he did in a pair of mice long ago when the hotel was called the Fernwood. |
| What were the names of the two mice Mr. Heartwood took in long ago in the Fernwood Hotel? | Madeline and Timothy |
| What did Madeline and Timothy convince Mr. Heartwood to do with the hotel? | Change its name from the Fernwood Hotel to the Heartwood Hotel |
| What did Mrs. Higgens give to Mona that meant she was a permanent resident of the Heartwood Hotel? | A wooden Heartwood Hotel key with a heart-shaped top. |
| Why didn’t Mona feel too sad about losing her suitcase? | She didn’t need it anymore because she was going to live in the Heartwood Hotel. |
| What surprise was revealed about Ms. J, the June bug? | She was the reviewer for the Pinecone Press |
| What did Ms. J, the June bug, plan to publish about the Heartwood Hotel in the Pinecone Press | A Five-acorn review |
| What did Mr. Heartwood ask Ms. J, the June bug, to offer consultation for? | Renovations for bug-sized rooms |
| Why was Tilly sad when they gave her the Heartwood Hotel key? | She had been with her family on the way to the hotel, but a coyote attacked them and she was the only survivor. |
| What was Tilly afraid might happen at the Heartwood Hotel? | She was afraid Mona would take her place and she would lose her new home. |
| What did Mona notice right after she and Tilly became friends and accepted each other as family? | It was snowing |
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