Q 01/05

At Wayside School, Mrs. Gorf wiggles her ears and sticks out her tongue to turn students into what?

A) Apples

B) Frogs

C) Pumpkins

D) Mice

Answer · why

A) Apples

Apples piled up on Mrs. Gorf's desk, so a visitor assumed the children adored her. She ended up as one herself and was eaten.

Q 02/05

At Wayside School, which object does Jenny hold up so that Mrs. Gorf's spell lands on the teacher herself?

A) A lunch tray

B) A window pane

C) A mirror

D) A silver spoon

Answer · why

C) A mirror

A mirror turned Mrs. Gorf's own magic back on her, and Louis, not knowing what had happened, polished her on his shirt and ate her.

Q 03/05

Which story of Wayside School was never built, so that its teacher and her class do not exist either?

A) The thirteenth

B) The nineteenth

C) The seventh

D) The eleventh

Answer · why

B) The nineteenth

The nineteenth story is missing, so the book's chapter with that number is missing too, with an apology printed in its place.

Q 04/05

At Wayside School, new teacher Mrs. Jewls thinks her pupils are so cute they must be which animals?

A) Puppies

B) Kittens

C) Bunnies

D) Monkeys

Answer · why

D) Monkeys

Monkeys were her first guess, because she had never seen children so cute. The class rather preferred being treated that way.

Q 05/05

At Wayside School, what is the rude new pupil Sammy revealed to be beneath his many smelly raincoats?

A) A wet dog

B) A scarecrow

C) A dead rat

D) A skunk

Answer · why

C) A dead rat

A dead rat was all that remained once the coats came off, and Mrs. Jewls threw it away. It was the third to try sneaking into her class since Septembe...