Flora and Ulysses Chapters 15-28

According to Flora's mom, why does Flora's dad ring the doorbell?*

• To annoy his ex-wife

• To make his ex-wife feel guilty

• To interrupt his ex-wife's work on her romance novel

• To get his ex-wife's attention

Who is Mary Ann?

• Flora's cousin

• Mrs. Tickham's niece

• The shepherdess lamp

• Flora's doll

How did William Spiver, Mrs. Tickham's great-nephew, go temporarily blind?

• He was born that way

• He suffered from trauma

• He was poked in the eye by a shrub

• He looked at a solar eclipse

In the past, who wanted Ulysses dead?

• cats and raccoons

• a little girl with a teddy bear

• a person driving a pickup truck

• all of the above

What does Tootie do to Ulysses?

• She hits him over the head with a shovel

• She feeds him a peanut butter sandwich

• She read him a poem by Rilke

• Nothing she ignores him

What is a characteristic of Flora's dad?

• He is never polite to strangers.

• He never really answers questions.

• He never really looks people in the eye.

• He never says what he means.

What is a cynic?

• A person who believes people are selfish and looks out for himself/herself first

• A person who commits crimes and gets away with it

• A person who is hopeful and believes in happy endings

• A person who gets sick often

What word or phrase does Ulysses type on the computer?

• Hungry

• Some pig

• I

• Get me outta here

What does Ulysses write?

• A story

• A poem

• A letter to his mom

• A list

Why is Ulysses happy?

• He is with Flora.

• He has the words from Tootie's poem flowing through him.

• He is going to be fed soon.

• All of the above