1 David Almond is Italian British American French 2 Michael is 11 8 10 12 3 At the beginning of the novel, the baby is named Joy Persephone nothing; she is not yet named Mina 4 Dr. Death's real name is Dr. David Dr. Dan Dr. Keith Dr. Dom 5 The baby has ____ problems. heart lung intestinal immune 6 The house can best be described as modern derelict old but clean vibrant 7 At the beginning of the novel, Skellig is all the following except hungry friendly weak pale 8 The Chinese order Skellig likes is 27 and 53 53 and 7 20 and 53 27 and 13 9 Skellig asks for ointment water gum aspirin 10 Skellig eats dirt insects trash flowers 11 Mrs. Dando tries to give Michael a gumdrop chocolate caramel fruit chew 12 Rasputin teaches science english history math 13 How does Michael get to school? He walks His dad The bus His bike 14 What object of Ernie's does Dad put in the garden? Toilet Bookcase Desk TV 15 Mina can best be described as shy silly morose quirky 16 Mina finds Michael very rude confusing charming quiet 17 Mina loves birds drawing poetry all of these 18 Mina often quotes William Wordsworth Arthur, Lord Tennyson Samuel Taylor Coleridge William Blake 19 Mina's favorite bird is the sparrow blackbird owl goldfinch 20 Skellig says his name is Arthur Death Daniel Tom 21 Skellig is afflicted with arthritis scurvy Parkinson's cancer 22 What does Michael learn in science class? Weather Photosynthesis Dinosaurs Evolution 23 Michael's friends are Leakey and Coot Soot Cork Curt 24 Mum says shoulder blades are how we evolved from apes something she knows nothing about where wings once were useless 25 What is Mina's cat's name? Whisper Fuzzy Thomas Smokey
