How to Eat Fried Worms ch 16-19

What was eating the sixth worm like?

• serene and untroubled

• painful and scary

• difficult and slow

Why was Tom watching Billy eat the sixth worm from in the bushes behind the stone wall?

• He thought Billy was mad at him.

• He didn't want to be asked to eat a worm again.

• He and Alan had had a fight about the size of the worms Billy was eating.

• He was in a hurry and didn't have time to come inside the barn.

What was eating the seventh worm like?

• slowly, carefully

• halting, nervous

• offhand, sideways, reading a comic book

• happily, wishing for more

Why was Joe not around to watch Billy eat the eighth worm?

• Joe had to go to the doctor for a checkup, but he really wanted to ask Dr. McGrath about eating worms.

• Alan told Billy that Joe had been grounded for not eating his spinach the night before

• Alan said he couldn't come, but Billy said he wouldn't come because he knew Billy had won the bet.

• It was late and he was asleep.

Where was Tom while Billy ate the eighth worm?

• beside Billy in the barn

• hiding behind a barrel

• at the dentist

Why was Billy upset when he saw the ninth worm?

• The worm was two feet long.

• The worm was raw.

• The worm was a sickly green color.

• The worm looked like it had been run over by a car.

What did the boys do that told Billy they were up to a trick?

• Alan snickered, and Joe started coughing.

• Joe was telling weird jokes about worms.

• Alan and Joe started laughing.

• Alan was anxious for Billy to hurry and eat the worm.

What trick did they try to pull?

• Joe replaced the real worm with a gummy worm.

• Alan chopped put snails in the cornmeal in place of a worm.

• Alan glued two worms together.

How did Joe explain that Billy was not really cheated?

• Joe said that if Billy had eaten the whole thing and then found out it was two worms glued together, then he could have claimed to win because Alan was cheating.

• Joe said that since Billy would get credit for eating two worms he would not have to eat one the next day.

• Joe said they had not really cheated Billy since he found out the trick.

Another title for Chapter XIX "The Ninth Worm" could be _____________.

• A Piece of Cake

• Another Failed Plan

• The Delicious Worm

• Tom to the Rescue