Somebody on This Bus is Going to Be Famous - December

According to the information in this chapter, which two words best describe Kaitlynn?

• thinker and doer

• alker and singer

• studier and player

• creator and spoiler

What is this chapter mainly about?

• Kaitlynn’s attempts to find out who lives next to the mystery bus stop

• Kaitlynn’s efforts of raise money for a needy family

• Kaitlynn’s close friendship with Bender

• a disagreement between Kaitlynn and Mrs. B

What was the significance of the big plastic red ribbon Bender and Kaitlynn saw mounted

around the near wall of the shed?

• It meant that someone living at 508 Farm Road 152 wanted to talk.

• It meant that someone living at 508 Farm Road 152 drove a black or dark blue

  pickup truck.

• It meant that someone living at 508 Farm Road 152 wanted to meet.

• It simply meant that someone living at 508 Farm Road 152 had decorated for

  Christmas.

Why hasn’t Kaitlynn written the second chapter of her ZZZorinda story yet?

• because she hasn’t been able to find the time

• because she has many other things she is working on at the moment

• because she has ideas so thick and fast that it’s hard to stick with just one

• because there are too many distractions interfering with her concentration

What does J.B. Cheaney identify as the reason Kaitlynn talks so much?

• because Kaitlynn thinks a lot

• because Kaitlynn is uncomfortable with long periods of silence

• because Kaitlynn is easily bored

• because Kaitlynn does not like to think too deeply about things

Who is the most curious to know who is living at 508 Farm Road 152?

• the “littles”

• Kaitlynn

• Bender

• Mrs. B

What does Kaitlynn finally conclude about why Bender wants to collect money for whomever

resides at 508 Farm Road 152?

• Kaitlynn concludes that Bender is playing a game of one-upmanship.

• Kaitlynn concludes that Bender is buying off a stalker.

• Kaitlynn concludes that this might be a sneaky way Bender has to solve the

  mystery of the empty bus shed.

• Kaitlynn concludes that she has no idea why Bender wants to collect money

  for whomever lives at 508 Farm Road 152.

Who came to Kaitlynn’s house to take her photograph for Wednesday’s newspaper?

• Mrs. B

• Maribeth Grand

• Mrs. Russell

• Ms. Henderson

What was the total amount raised by Kaitlynn and the other students?

• $100

• $107.53

• $200

• $207.53

Which family was chosen to receive the money?

• Mr. Pressley, whose wife ran off and left him with three little kids, all

  under the age of seven

• The Burtons, an older couple, one of whom had Parkinson’s disease, who

  took in their two grandchildren

• Tommy and Brenda Carpesian, who had a new baby and a seven-year-old

  son who was recently diagnosed with muscular dystrophy

• Claudio and Virginia Easterbrook, whose baby was born with a hole in his

  heart and needed all kinds of surgery