Jeopardy Crazy Characters Short Answers Potluck. Plot Fill-Ins Q $100 Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from Crazy Characters A stocky swimmer, this narrator is Sarah’s best friend.

$100 Answer from Crazy Characters Eric Calhoune

$200 Question from Crazy Characters This smart senior has a scarred face and uses pretty rough language

$200 Answer from Crazy Characters Sarah Byrnes

$300 Question from Crazy Characters He is Sarah’s nasty, abusive, alcoholic father.

$300 Answer from Crazy Characters Virgil Byrnes

$400 Question from Crazy Characters This pretty girlfriend of Mark’s gets him angry by disagreeing with him.

$400 Answer from Crazy Characters Jody Mueller

$500 Question from Crazy Characters This vice principal belongs to Mark’s church and dislikes Eric.

$500 Answer from Crazy Characters Mautz

$100 Question from Plot To get revenge on Dale Thornton, Sarah and Eric Invited him to join the “Crispy Pork Rinds” staff Told the vice-principal Dale was taking kids’ lunch money Published a newspaper making fun of him Told his father he had been chewing tobacco

$100 Answer from Plot C. Published a newspaper making fun of him

$200 Question from Plot Which of the following is NOT something Steve Ellerby and Mark Brittain share? A. both are on the swim team B. Both have strong opinions about religion C both are in Contemporary American Thought class D. Both believe that Ms. Lemry’s class is blasphemous

$200 Answer from Plot D. Both believe that Ms. Lemry’s class is blasphemous Here

$300 Question from Plot The main reason Eric tried to stay fat after joining the swim team was Worry about his swimming ability Lack of self-control Fear of Sarah Loyalty to Sarah

$300 Answer from Plot D. Loyalty to Sarah

$400 Question from Plot For most of the story, what do Sarah and Mark share in common? Suicidal thinking Physical disability Membership on the swim team Friendship with Eric

$400 Answer from Plot A. Suicidal thinking

$500 Question from Plot Sarah’s father deliberately burned her after she Refused to pick up her toys Wet the bed Made a mess by spilling some spaghetti Tried to protect her mother from him

$500 Answer from Plot D. Tried to protect her mother from him

$100 Question from Fill-Ins Eric’s mother works as a __________

$100 Answer from Fill-Ins Sports writer for a local paper

$200 Question from Fill-Ins Mark Brittain often quotes the ____________ in class debates.

$200 Answer from Fill-Ins Bible

$300 Question from Fill-Ins _____________ is the son of a controversial Episcopalian minister.

$300 Answer from Fill-Ins Steve Ellerby

$400 Question from Fill-Ins ______________________ asks to drop CAT with Mark, but Ms. Lemry wants her to think and act on her own.

$400 Answer from Fill-Ins Jody

$500 Question from Fill-Ins Eric’s mother’s boyfriend is an accountant who served two tours of duty in _____________________.

$500 Answer from Fill-Ins Vietnam.

$100 Question from Short Answers Name one thing Sarah and Dale shared in common.

$100 Answer from Short Answers Both Sarah and Dale had abusive fathers and out-of-the-picture mothers.

$200 Question from Short Answers Explain the title: How and why did Eric stay fat?

$200 Answer from Short Answers Eric deliberately overate after joining the swim team so that his disfigured friend Sarah wouldn’t worry about his getting slim and popular and leaving her.

$300 Question from Short Answers Why did Sarah and Eric start writing “Crispy Pork Rinds”?

$300 Answer from Short Answers To make fun of those who often made fun – pick on the bullies that picked on them.

$400 Question from Short Answers Name one thing Ellerby and Mark have in common.

$400 Answer from Short Answers Both religious with religious fathers; both are on the swim team; both are vocal about their opinions of each other

$500 Question from Short Answers State one opinion that Mark does NOT share with Ellerby.

$500 Answer from Short Answers Mark believes in a strict interpretation of the Bible whereas Ellerby doesn’t believe in a God who directs man’s actions

$100 Question from Potluck Why did Sarah stop talking?

$100 Answer from Potluck Sarah was afraid her father was getting crazier and more violent and chose the hospital as a safe haven.

$200 Question from Potluck __________ lives with his father in a poor neighboorhood.

$200 Answer from Potluck Dale Thornton

$300 Question from Potluck The main reason Mautz called Eric and Ellerby in for a meeting with Mark’s father was that The men felt that the boys were largely to blame for Mark’s suicide attempt. Mark’s father didn’t want the boys to feel guilty about Mark’s attempt. Mark’s father wanted to enlist the boys’ help in getting Mark better. Mark’s father suspected that Eric and Ellerby had poisoned Mark.

$300 Answer from Potluck A. The men felt that the boys were largely to blame for Mark’s suicide attempt.

$400 Question from Potluck Sarah wrote a letter to Eric expecting him to keep it a secret. Instead, he shared it Because he forgot his promise of secrecy Because he was trying to impress Jody Because he hoped that Mrs. Lemry could help protect Sarah Because he and his mother have never kept any secrets

$400 Answer from Potluck C. Because he hoped that Mrs. Lemry could help protect Sarah

$500 Question from Potluck What did Sarah plan to do at the end of the story?

$500 Answer from Potluck Go to community college while living with the Lemrys until she figured out what she wanted to do with her life.

Final Jeopardy What is the name of Ellerby’s car?

Final Jeopardy Answer The Christian Cruiser