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Chasing Redbird
by Sharon Creech
questions by PB

Questions
Easy
What does Zinny Taylor try to make?
picture, trail, dress, banquet trail
What flower does Zinny like best?
Roses, daffodils, marigold, zinnia zinnia
What's unusual about Jake's presents?
all red, the letter J, too big, stolen stolen
What does Zinny do to work faster?
drive, camp, ride a horse, have friends help camp

Medium
How did Rose die?
(whooping) cough, measles, food poisoning, falling cough
What grows in a squirt garden? anything you want
Why do boys usually like Zinny? To meet May
What is unusual about the dog Gobbler and Bingo? It's the same Beagle staying with two families.
Why doesn't Uncle Nate want Zinny up on the trail? She'll find his old cabin.

Hard
What's a cricket good for? Telling the temperature (chirps per minute/4 + 37)
Name another book by Sharon Creech Walk Two Moons, Absolute Normal Chaos, or Pleasing the Ghost
Where did dead people stay before being buried? Dresser Drawer
Name either the beginning or the end of the trail Bybanks-Chocton Trail
What does it mean "my sugar is low?" Diabetic condition of not enough sugar in the blood stream.