Q 01/05

In Save Me a Seat, which condition was Joe diagnosed with back in kindergarten?

A) Attention Deficit Disorder

B) Auditory Processing Disorder

C) Developmental Language Disorder

D) Sensory Integration Disorder

Answer · why

B) Auditory Processing Disorder

Auditory Processing Disorder makes it hard for Joe to filter out background noise. His own father suspects the doctors made it up to earn more money.

Q 02/05

In Save Me a Seat, Ravi was the top student at his old school in which Indian city?

A) Mumbai

B) Hyderabad

C) Chennai

D) Bangalore

Answer · why

D) Bangalore

Bangalore is where Ravi was popular and good at sports as well as first in his class, which makes his rough start in America such a shock.

Q 03/05

For Mrs. Beam's personal reflection project in Save Me a Seat, what does Joe place in a glass dish?

A) A peanut M&M

B) A blue marble

C) A dog biscuit

D) A lucky penny

Answer · why

A) A peanut M&M

A peanut M&M is Joe's way of saying there is more to him than meets the eye, since every color tastes the same inside. Dillon eats it before the guess...

Q 04/05

In Save Me a Seat, which cartoon-inspired nickname does Dillon pin on Joe?

A) Yogi Bear

B) Porky Pig

C) Puddy Tat

D) Elmer Fudd

Answer · why

C) Puddy Tat

Puddy Tat plays on Joe's surname and the Tweety Bird cartoons. Joe hates it, even though his mother once tried to convince him it was a sign of affect...

Q 05/05

In Save Me a Seat, which job does Joe's mother take at his school after being laid off as a nurse?

A) Crossing guard

B) Library aide

C) School secretary

D) Lunch monitor

Answer · why

D) Lunch monitor

Lunch monitor duty puts her in the one part of the school day Joe loved, and on day one she blows him a kiss in front of Dillon. By Friday she has dec...