HTEFW 23-26

Joe and Alan's next way of tricking Billy was to _________.

• pick a fight with Billy so his mother would no longer allow him to continue with the bet.

• take him to a ballgame and stuff him with junk food so he wouldn't remember the bet.

• tell Billy they placed a worm on the hamburger he had eaten during the game.

Why is Chapter XXIII titled "Admirals Nagumo and Kasaka on the Bridge of the Akaiga, December 6, 1941"?

• The boys play a game in which they are fighting in World War II.

• Joe and Alan fight with Tom and Billy in a real battle.

• Joe and Alan plan their next mission to keep Billy from winning the bet.

Tom didn't go to the baseball game because _________.

• Joe and Alan did not want him to remind Billy about the bet.

• He was sick.

• His grandmother died.

How was the twelfth worm eaten?

• Mixed with Cracker Jacks

• curled on a hamburger

• with a bunch of fries

• in a toasted cheese and worm sandwich

What did Billy's mother catch Tom doing?

• hiding Billy's worm

• talking about eating the chocolate pudding

• sneaking chocolate ice cream from the freezer

• taking cheese from the fridge

Tom's cousin was named ________.

• Jolly Roger

• Candy Cane

• Columbus Ohio

• Mickey Mouse

Why did Alan think he had won the bet?

• Even if Billy woke up he could not find a worm in the dark

• It was after midnight when they got home from the Mets game

• Billy was too full to eat anything else

• Billy's mother would not allow him outside so late at night

Tom was _____________

• not allowed to go outside so late at night

• nowhere to be found

• at his grandmother's house

• camping outside in a pup tent

Before Billy could eat the worm, Tom stopped him because ___________

• the worm was raw and needed to be cooked

• he needed Alan and Joe to witness him eating the worm

• the worm was covered with dirt

What was the main conflict in these chapters?

• Billy was angry with Alan and Joe for not inviting Tom to the Mets game

• Billy's mother was against Billy following through with the bet

• Alan and Joe try to trick Billy into losing the bet