Q 01/05

What is the "dangerous pie" Steven's little brother stirs up in Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie?

A) Mud, worms and garden stones

B) Raw kitchen scraps and toy cars

C) Melted crayons and cake mix

D) Toothpaste and breakfast cereal

Answer · why

B) Raw kitchen scraps and toy cars

Raw kitchen scraps and toy cars go into it: coffee grounds, eggs and their shells, cola, uncooked bacon and three Matchbox racers. The mess is only de...

Q 02/05

In Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie, which illness is five-year-old Jeffrey diagnosed with after a nosebleed?

A) Hemophilia

B) Lymphoma

C) Anemia

D) Leukemia

Answer · why

D) Leukemia

Leukemia, in the form doctors call ALL, is behind a nosebleed that will not stop. Steven spends the day fearing trouble for letting Jeffrey fall, then...

Q 03/05

In Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie, how does Steven support Jeffrey after a new classmate points out he is bald?

A) Shaves his own head

B) Fights the bullies

C) Buys him a wig

D) Tells the principal

Answer · why

A) Shaves his own head

Shaves his own head is Steven's answer, part of a new resolve to act on what he can change. By concert night his All-City bandmates have gone bald as ...

Q 04/05

In Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie, Annette and Renee turn the spring jazz concert into a fundraiser for what?

A) New band instruments

B) A children's cancer charity

C) The Alpers' medical bills

D) A hospital playroom

Answer · why

C) The Alpers' medical bills

The Alpers' medical bills are the cause. The running total passes $21,000 by the intermission and ends above $23,000.

Q 05/05

In Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie, what does Steven give up at the benefit concert to stay with Jeffrey?

A) A slow dance with Renee

B) The band's group photo

C) His big drum solo

D) A talent scout's audition

Answer · why

C) His big drum solo

His big drum solo goes unplayed: honoring a promise to stay by his brother, Steven leaves at the intermission of the night he had been preparing for a...