A Year Down Yonder Word Scramble
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| Inquiry | Response |
| What year does the book start in? | 1937 |
| How old is Mary Alice when she arrives? | 15 |
| Where does Grandma keep her shotgun? | Behind the wood box |
| Who is Joey? | Mary Alice's older brother |
| What government act employs Joey? | The CCC |
| Where does Grandma take Mary when she arrives? | The High School |
| What does Mary Alice take with her on the train.? | A small trunk with clothes, a Philco radio, and Bootsie, her cat |
| Who is the school's principal? | Mr. Fluke |
| Who sits next to Mary Alice when she arrives? | Mildred Burdick |
| Why does Mildred want a dollar from Mary Alice? | She believes Mary is lying about her old school |
| How does Grandma get back at Mildred? | She unties her horse and puts her boots on it's back |
| How does Grandma make Bootsie settle in? | She butters her paws |
| What is hung on the school bell tower as a prank? | An old fashioned buggy |
| Why doesn't Grandma make gooseberry pie for the school party? | She doesn't use canned food until the dead of winter. |
| How is Bootsie "pranked"? | A can is tied to her tail |
| How does Grandma prevent her privy being tipped? | She pours hot glue on the leader's head |
| Where does Grandma get her pecans for the pie? | She takes them from old man Nyquist |
| How does Grandma get the pecans to fall? | She hits the tree with a tractor |
| Where does Grandma get her pumpkins? | The Pensigers' farm |
| Who is August Fluke Jr.? | The principal's son, a mischief maker, and Grandma's glue victim |
| Where does the turkey shoot happen? | The Abernathy farm |
| Why does Grandma go to the turkey shoot? | To run the burgoo stand |
| What is burgoo? | A stew made with anything you had on hand |
| What does Auggie Fluke do that gets him into trouble at the turkey shoot? | He shoots a Buick's tire with a rifle |
| Why do the Legion Auxiliary Ladies serve burgoo? | To raise money for the Abernathys |
| What happened to Mrs. Abernathy's son? | He was shot and gassed up in the trenches |
| What does Mary Alice play in the Nativity scene? | Mary, the mother of God |
| What does Grandma get Mary Alice for Christmas? | Gunmetal shoes |
| What does Mary Alice get Grandma for Christmas | nothing |
| What winter job does Grandma have? | Fox hunting |
| Why does Grandma make Mary Alice a tin halo? | To wear at the play so Carleen Lovejoy wouldn't outshine her |
| Who is Carleen Lovejoy? | Mary Alice's classmate, the most "popular", and kind of mean |
| What grabs everyone's attention at the program? | Mildred Burdick's baby was smuggled into the manger |
| What does Grandma use the fox furs' money for? | To buy Joey and Mary Alice train tickets to Chicago |
| Who wrights newsy notes? | Mary Alice Dowdel |
| How does Mary Alice get to Chicago? | She takes the blue bird |
| What job does Mary Alice's parents get that puts them in |
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