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

2. $100 Question from Crazy Characters
A stocky swimmer, this narrator is Sarah’s best friend.

3. $100 Answer from Crazy Characters
Eric Calhoune

4. $200 Question from Crazy Characters
This smart senior has a scarred face and uses pretty rough language

5. $200 Answer from Crazy Characters
Sarah Byrnes

6. $300 Question from Crazy Characters
He is Sarah’s nasty, abusive, alcoholic father.

7. $300 Answer from Crazy Characters
Virgil Byrnes

8. $400 Question from Crazy Characters
This pretty girlfriend of Mark’s gets him angry by disagreeing with him.

9. $400 Answer from Crazy Characters
Jody Mueller

10. $500 Question from Crazy Characters
This vice principal belongs to Mark’s church and dislikes Eric.

11. $500 Answer from Crazy Characters
Mautz

12. $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

13. $100 Answer from Plot
C. Published a newspaper making fun of him

14. $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

15. $200 Answer from Plot
D. Both believe that Ms. Lemry’s class is blasphemous
Here

16. $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

17. $300 Answer from Plot
D. Loyalty to Sarah

18. $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

19. $400 Answer from Plot
A. Suicidal thinking

20. $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

21. $500 Answer from Plot
D. Tried to protect her mother from him

22. $100 Question from Fill-Ins
Eric’s mother works as a __________

23. $100 Answer from Fill-Ins
Sports writer for a local paper

24. $200 Question from Fill-Ins
Mark Brittain often quotes the ____________ in class debates.

25. $200 Answer from Fill-Ins
Bible

26. $300 Question from Fill-Ins
_____________ is the son of a controversial Episcopalian minister.

27. $300 Answer from Fill-Ins
Steve Ellerby

28. $400 Question from Fill-Ins
______________________ asks to drop CAT with Mark, but Ms. Lemry wants her to think and act on her own.

29. $400 Answer from Fill-Ins
Jody

30. $500 Question from Fill-Ins
Eric’s mother’s boyfriend is an accountant who served two tours of duty in _____________________.

31. $500 Answer from Fill-Ins
Vietnam.

32. $100 Question from Short Answers
Name one thing Sarah and Dale shared in common.

33. $100 Answer from Short Answers
Both Sarah and Dale had abusive fathers and out-of-the-picture mothers.

34. $200 Question from Short Answers
Explain the title: How and why did Eric stay fat?

35. $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.

36. $300 Question from Short Answers
Why did Sarah and Eric start writing “Crispy Pork Rinds”?

37. $300 Answer from Short Answers
To make fun of those who often made fun – pick on the bullies that picked on them.

38. $400 Question from Short Answers
Name one thing Ellerby and Mark have in common.

39. $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

40. $500 Question from Short Answers
State one opinion that Mark does NOT share with Ellerby.

41. $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

42. $100 Question from Potluck
Why did Sarah stop talking?

43. $100 Answer from Potluck
Sarah was afraid her father was getting crazier and more violent and chose the hospital as a safe haven.

44. $200 Question from Potluck
__________ lives with his father in a poor neighboorhood.

45. $200 Answer from Potluck
Dale Thornton

46. $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.

47. $300 Answer from Potluck
A. The men felt that the boys were largely to blame for Mark’s suicide attempt.

48. $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

49. $400 Answer from Potluck
C. Because he hoped that Mrs. Lemry could help protect Sarah

50. $500 Question from Potluck
What did Sarah plan to do at the end of the story?

51. $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.

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

53. Final Jeopardy Answer
The Christian Cruiser