Bummer in the Summer

Who came in the bedroom to tell A.J. the spirits would be visiting?

• Neil, who had broken his glasses and couldn't find his way out.

• Ryan, who had two drinking straws stuck in his nose.

• Michael, who was talking like a monster from a horror film.

• Billy, who was wearing white underwear and no pants.

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The first place the ghost of summers past took A.J. was to a

• beach house that A.J.'s family rented.

• ballpark where A.J. had hit a home run.

• big flower garden that A.J.'s grandmother had planted.

• pool where A.J. had first learned to swim.

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When Mr. Klutz's ghost took A.J. to the vomitorium, A.J.'s past self

• complained about the play that Miss Laney had forced him to be in.

• drew a picture of Mr. Granite as a green, bug-eyed alien.

• plotted with Michael to pull a prank on Mrs. Jafee.

• tried to scare Emily by saying that Miss Mary might be a vampire.

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After they left the vomitorium, what did Mr. Klutz's ghost ask A.J. to do?

• confess his pranks to the real Mr. Klutz.

• write an apology to to Mr. Klutz's daughter.

• make some plans for future A.J.'s family.

• tell him some of the things that A.J. loved.

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What did the ghost of Mr. Mackey and Mrs. Roopy do when they visited A.J.?

• They took away all of A.J.'s DVDs and video games.

• They carried A.J. to the library and said it was his new home.

• They unpacked boxes of books and told A.J. to read them.

• They trapped A.J. inside a comic book and left to battle a villain.

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What was A.J. NOT told when the three teacher ghosts were in his room?

• The Ella Mentry School staff had to cut back recess to five minutes a day.

• He was going to have to repeat third grade.

• He had to start school all over from the beginning.

• The Board of Education had decided to get rid of summer vacation.

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While showing Dirk School to A.J., Dr. Brad's ghost pointed out that

• the cafeteria was serving fruit instead of ice cream for dessert.

• the children on the playground were being nice to each other.

• kids were sitting still in their seats after boarding the bus.

• all the desks were clean, with the books stacked neatly inside them.

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When A.J.'s bedroom was filled with ghosts, most of them proceeded to

• make A.J. do something silly.

• give A.J. a tip on how to be nice.

• remind A.J. of one of his failures in life.

• tell A.J. a piece of bad news.

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When a ghost a took A.J. into the future, he saw that his future self was

• living alone in a cave with no friends.

• getting married to Andrea in church.

• working for Emily at a company she owned.

• mopping floors at Ella Mentry as the school janitor.

What happened at school the day after A.J.'s nightmare?

• Miss Mary said she'd become a full-time teacher, and A.J. congratulated her.

• A.J. saw a towel in his locker and screamed, thinking it was another ghost.

• Andrea said A.J. was sick in the head, but he said nothing mean back to her.

• Emily put a spider in A.J.'s lunchbox to get back at A.J. for scaring her.

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