The Wooing of Beppo Tate Chapter 6&7

All of these are needed to build the catapult EXCEPT...

• two strips of rubber

• a guava stick that branched like a capital Y

• highway rubber

• tongue of an old shoe

What is Beppo trying to convince the Old man to buy him?

• a fishing rod

• a fish pot

• bait

• a fishing boat

Every respectable boy has a fishing pot

• true

• false

The Old man warns Beppo about Roy

• true

• false

How does Roy placate his foster mother?

• He buys her gifts

• He uses sweet talk

• He brings her fish

• He gains her sympathy by crying

What do you think is the cause of Mabel's erratic milk production?

What does Boadicea refer to? Why is the title called "Face to face with "Boadicea"?

How did Beppo know Mavis had not broken the rope by straining it?

What are some signs that lead Beppo to think Daphne is responsible for breaking Mavis' rope?

• her bare feet are shiny wet

• The hem of her dress is light grey and drooping with dew

• she is sweating profusely

What do you think Daphne is referring to when she says The Old man doesn't know what is going in in his own place?