1. The Gollywhopper Games by Jody Feldman

2. Quote Matching “Serves you right, you son of a crook.” –Rocky “You win, and we’ll move.” –Charles Goodson “My dad still curses your dad every day because he can’t remember all those passwords he needs to get into his computer stuff.” –Lonnie

3. Quote Matching “They couldn’t resist putting me in all their commercials.” –Bianca “I hope you take that dang loony son of mine for every nickel he’s handing out.” –Old Man Golliwop “If you don’t want this heat, you can trade your spot with an alternate and collect your parting gifts.” –Bert Golliwop

4. Quote Matching “And if you ask me, you’re lucky I’m here because I can be a lot of fun - until you stop following the rules.” –Carol “If you stick it back in your ear, I’ll make sure the whole world knows.” –Gil Goodson “So I might not be the smartest here - I almost flunked math - but I wrote this story on Janice Dickinson, the first supermodel. –Bianca

5. Quote Matching “What a dweeb!” –Rocky “Logically speaking, if you assign numerical values to the letters according to their positions in the alphabet, the letters in the sentence will add up to more than the letters in the word ‘zebra.’” –Lavinia “I don’t do heights.” –Thorn

6. Quote Matching “We could say you were in here vomiting or that you splashed water on the floor, then slipped, and sprained your ankle.” –Bert Golliwop “So, like I said this morning, throw away the garbage, and go have fun.” –Charles Goodson “I can’t mess up. They expect me to land on top.” –Thorn

7. Quote Matching “I truly believe if our team had been just you and me, we would have finished even faster.” –Lavinia “It was the first time, probably since I learned to ride a bicycle, that someone bothered to teach me something practical.” –Thorn “You know, Double G, I wouldn’t have gotten this far without you.” –Bianca

8. Quote Matching “How do my clothes get clean?” –Thorn “Bah-ahchoo. Kah-kah-kah-quoh.” –Mr. Titus “I guess you don’t own Octagon Map. Great video game.” –Rocky “I just want to be a regular kid who had a really, really good day.” –Gil Goodson

9. Illustrations What is the last picture in the story? WELCOME HOME!

10. Illustrations The first illustration in the story shows Gils’s street the morning of the Gollywhopper Games. Describe the scene.

11. Illustrations Each chapter’s title is made to look like a _____? Chapter 1

12. Illustrations What is on the path that Lavinia and Gil are walking on as they were on their way to find out who won?

13. Illustrations There is a picture of one of Gil’s notebooks that shows clippings he cut out of Gollywhopper products. Name the products. Golly Gertie, a doll Golly Gum Bowling Buddy

14. Illustrations What animal is pictured sleeping in the front of the illustration of a waterfall

15. Illustrations In one of the hallways of offices at the Gollywhopper building, there are framed formal pictures of various men and women. What is unusual about these pictures?

16. Illustrations As Gil is shown working on the computer attempting to solve some riddles, what is pictured in his hand?

17. Illustrations Describe the picture of Bianca LaBlanc from when Gil first meets her.

18. Illustrations What does the headline say on the picture of the newspaper that Gil’s mother threw in the trash? GOLLY EXECUTIVE ARRESTED, CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED THEFT What is the name of the newspaper? ORCHARD HEIGHTS TIMES