Q 01/05

In Fish in a Tree, what kind of card with yellow roses does Ally give at Mrs. Hall's baby shower?

A) Get well

B) Sympathy

C) Wedding

D) Retirement

Answer · why

B) Sympathy

Sympathy cards are what Ally's mom sends when someone has died, but Ally picked this one for its flowers and had no idea what it said.

Q 02/05

In Fish in a Tree, Ally draws her daydream 'mind movies' in a book she calls the Sketchbook of what?

A) Impossible Things

B) Midnight Thoughts

C) Upside-Down Worlds

D) Forgotten Dreams

Answer · why

A) Impossible Things

Impossible Things is a nod to Alice in Wonderland, the story Ally's Grandpa loved to share with her. Late in the story it is no longer the only thing ...

Q 03/05

In Fish in a Tree, Albert tells purple-wearing Shay that the royal dye once came from which animals?

A) Beetles

B) Squid

C) Snails

D) Jellyfish

Answer · why

C) Snails

Snails supplied the slime behind the color, Albert explains, and one medieval cloak took three thousand of them. He and Ally agree they would rather w...

Q 04/05

In Fish in a Tree, what job does Ally do from the back seat of Travis's old car?

A) Holding the door shut

B) Holding a flashlight

C) Reading the map

D) Working the wipers

Answer · why

D) Working the wipers

Working the wipers by hand falls to Ally because the motor has died, so Travis rigs them with springs and a rope. To her the car looks like a pickle o...

Q 05/05

In Fish in a Tree, what does Ally wear to school to dodge Mr. Daniels's story-writing task?

A) An arm sling

B) An eye patch

C) A neck brace

D) A finger splint

Answer · why

A) An arm sling

An arm sling on her writing arm is Ally's excuse, blamed on tripping over a cat called Pork Chop. Mr. Daniels looks doubtful and hands her a book inst...