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A Drop of Hope
Question | Answer |
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What was Ernest's grandfather's name? | Eddie |
What did Ernest promise his grandfather? | That he would clean out his attic after he died. |
What was the last thing Ernest's grandfather said before he died? | "Rollo, I kept them." or "I kept them all." |
What was the first toy that Ernest took from his grandfather's attic? | an art set |
Who does Ryan help by doing odd jobs around her house? | Mrs. Haemmerle |
What does Mrs. Haemmerle always offer Ryan after he cuts the grass? | lemonade |
What does Ryan do when Mrs. Haemmerle tries to pay him? | He lies and says she already paid him. |
Why does Lizzy spend Saturdays at her cousin's house? | Her mom is working at the hospital. |
What does the welcome sign say on the south side of town? | if only |
Where do Ernest and Ryan's dads both work? | Wilmette Stamping, Tool, and Die |
Who spends time looking at the cinder-block wall in the courtyard every day? | Winston/Winston Patil |
What is the legend of Thompkins Well? | An old man threw a coin in the well and wished for his sick grandson to survive. |
Who took Winston's drawing tablet? | Tommy Bricks/Tommy |
Who tells Tommy to stop bullying Winston? | Ernest |
What does Ryan think it will say on his tombstone? | "Here lies Ryan Hardy. Son, brother, dummy with a death wish." |
Where did Winston's family move from? | Chicago |
What short cut do Ryan and Ernest take to avoid Tommy after school? | They cut through the Nature Preserve. |
Where does the cave that Ernest and Ryan go into lead them to? | the bottom of Thompkins Well |
What did Chelsea insist Lizzy do at her house after school? | get a makeover |
Who is the first person that Ryan and Ernest overhear making a wish at the well? | Winston |
What does Winston wish for at Thompkins Well? | He wishes for a friend. |
What does Ryan think is worse than Ernest being a sheltered, naive, rich kid? | being a dreamer |
What does Lizzy say she looks like after Chelsea puts foundation on her face? | like an Oompa Loompa from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory |
Why does Ernest take the art set to school? | To show it to Winston. |
What does Tommy bring to school to hide? | his brother Sam's tools |
Why wasn't Tommy's brother Sam around? | He joined the Marines. |
Where does Tommy plan to hide the tools? | In the empty sapce behind his school locker. |
Where does Ernest accidentally leave the art set? | on the floor in the hallway |
Whose locker does Truman the Custodian put the art set into? | Tommy's |
Who does Tommy take the art set to during lunch? | Winston |
What do Aaron and Jamie think Winston wished for at Thompkins Well? | For Tommy to stop bullying him. |
What does Aaron Robinette wish for at Thompkins Well? | Bigfoot |
What does Lizzie wish for at Thompkins Well? | She wishes she knew how to be pretty. |
Why does Ernest go back into the well alone? | He forgot his windbreaker. |
What does Paige Barnett wish for at Thompkins Well? | For help with her little brother who's struggling to learn to read. |
What is the second toy Ernest takes from his grandfather's attic? | the Colorforms |
Who does Mrs. Haemmerle say Ernest looks just like? | Rollo or Robert |
How did Rollo die? | an oversized heart |
How do the Colorforms wind up at the library? | Ernest accidently puts them in the book deposit box while returning library books for his mom. |
What does Lizzie do to Ryan when he tells her she's pretty? | Punches him in the nose. |
Who finds the Colorforms in the pile of books? | Jenny/Jenny Davenport |
How does Jenny find the medical book? | It's in the stack of fallen books she picks up. |
What obscure physical ailment does Jenny write a paper on because she finds the medical book? | convergence insufficiency |
How does Seth's teacher find out about convergence insufficiency? | The teacher's boyfriend was Jenny's teacher and read her paper on it. |
What was the 3rd thing Ernest took from his grandfather's attic? | the fire extinguisher |
How does Ernest lose the fire extinguisher? | He drops it while running from the high school kids in the forest. |
Who do Ryan, Ernest and Lizzie meet at Mrs. Haemmerle's house? | Jack Hought |
Who causes the fire in the forest? | Buddy |
What did Chad trip over while he was running through the woods? | the fire extinguisher |
When did Rollo die? | on his 9th birthday |
What did Jack Hought get Rollo for his birthday? | a sock monkey |
Ryan, Ernest, and Lizzie discover that the items in Ernest grandfather's attic are all what? | Rollo's birthday presents |
Who put out the fire in the forest? | Chad |
What does Aaron think he got footage of? | Bigfoot |
Who does Mr. Hought visit every Friday at the nursing home? | Detective Stanley Donan |
What was hidden inside the sock monkey? | the Holyoke Red Diamond |
How much was the Holyoke Red Diamond worth in 1952? | $14 million |
What did Mr. Hought say he wished for at Thompkins Well? | to know why his father left |
Who starts coming home with Tommy after school? | Winston |
Why couldn't Tommy and Winston work at Tommy's house anymore? | Tommy's dad would be home in the afternoons. |
Where do Tommy and Winston go to once they can't work at Tommy's house? | Ryan's house |
What does Ryan's mom make Tommy and Winston for a snack? | PB&J sandwiches/peanut butter and jelly sandwiches |
Aaron's video turns out to show what instead of Bigfoot? | The person who caused the fire in the forest. |
What does Ryan do first when he finds Mrs. Haemmerle? | He puts the quilt on her. |
What is Tommy's dad looking for when he gets home? | His brother's tools? |
What kind of news stories did Andrea Chase write? | yellow journalism |
Where does Tommy hid to avoid his father? | The custodian's storage room. |
What did Winston and his grandmother bring Tommy at the school one rainy night? | a picnic |
Who does Buddy have to work for to make things right after the fire? | Nurse MacComber/ Julie MacComber |
What is an Indian Burger? | a fried potato patty in a bun |
What does Ryan find when he goes to break into Mr. Wilmette's house? | There were already 2 people inside the house. |
Who was Tess? | Mrs. Haemmerle's granddaughter |
Who sets up Andrea Chase to get arrested? | Mr. Earle |
Why does Ernest go into the forest in the rain? | He thinks he left his windbreaker in Thompkins Well. |
What happens to Ernest when he tried to grab the tree during the mudslide? | He broke his arm. |
Who finds Ernest in the forest after he gets hurt? | Ryan |
What happen to Mr. Earle and Ryan in the second mudslide? | Ryan twists his ankle and Mr. Earle breaks his nose. |
Where was Ernest's windbreaker the night of the mudslide? | At Ryan's house. |
What does Buddy wind up doing at the hospital? | Singing to the premature baby. |
What idea does Ernest come up with the money to expand the plant? | Sell their house and move into Grandpa Eddie's house. |
What does Ryan do with the money Mrs. Haemmerle saved for him? | He gives it to his mom to go back to school. |
Who gets upgraded to first class on the airplane? | Mrs. Reeves |
How was Mrs. Reeves connected to Mr. Earle? | She was his Sunday school teacher. |
What was the title of Mrs. Reeves's book? | Friends Like These |
What was the secret project that Tommy and Winston completed in the school courtyard? | A full-sized replica of Thompkins Well made out of junk and a mural of Cliffs Donnelly. |
What do Winston and Tommy fix the sign to say? | Welcome to Cliffs Donnelly, Ohio Population: Us |