Name _____________________________
Date ___________________
A Good Night for Ghosts #42
Key 1 - Answer ID # 0250697
Chapters 1-5
1. When did the Eve of All Saints' Day turn out to be?
2. Why is the man Jack and Annie are looking for important enough for Merlin to want to help?
3. Why did Jack and Annie keep offering to help Dipper with his jobs for free?
4. What is the magic trumpet for?
5. Why did the waiter kick Jack and Annie out of the restaurant?
Chapters 6-11
6. Why couldn't the kids get out of the blacksmith shop?
7. What stopped the pirates' attack on the kids?
8. Why couldn't Dipper ride the streetcar with Jack and Annie?
9. How did the kids know the pirate standing in front of them was a real pirate?
10. How did firing a gun change Dipper's life?

 

Name _____________________________
Date ___________________
A Good Night for Ghosts #42
Key 1 - Answer ID # 0250697
Review
11. When were Jack and Annie sent back to on their quest?

1915

1995

1900

1901
12. Where did Jack and Annie finally find Louis Armstrong?

Delivering coal

Waiting tables in a restaurant

In the Waif's Home

Working for a man delivering bananas
13. What was Jack and Annie's quest?

To help Louis Armstrong learn to play the trumpet

To celebrate All Saints' Day

To help a creative person bring his gifts to the world

To stop the hurricane from wrecking New Orleans
14. What made Annie and Jack's quest so difficult?

Louis Armstrong was in the Waif's Home.

Louis Armstrong was working instead of making music.

Louis Armstrong was a waiter in a restaurant.

Louis Armstrong was nowhere to be found.
15. Why is the tree house magic?

It has a magic teleporter in it.

It brings Jack and Annie to New Orleans.

It spins around and leaps from tree to tree.

It takes Jack and Annie to the places needed for their quests.
16. What did Merlin send to Jack and Annie to use as a last resort to accomplish their mission?

A flute

A map

A trumpet

A book
17. How did Jack and Annie convince Dipper he was the future King of Jazz?

They told him about Merlin's magic trumpet.

They told him about the Magic Tree House.

They showed him how good a trumpet player he was.

They showed him their history book.
18. Where did Jack and Annie go on this quest?

Baghdad

New Orleans

Venice

Camelot
19. Why wouldn't Dipper play his trumpet or sing in public anymore?

He wasn't allowed to play his trumpet or sing while on parole.

He has lost his skills while in the Waif's Home.

He felt guilty for being sent away from his family.

He had to make the money to pay his mother back.
20. What showed Jack and Annie that their mission had been successful?

They never did find out if their mission was successful.

They made Dipper promise he would go back to his music.

Merlin told them their mission had been successful.

They heard Dipper playing his trumpet on the riverboat as they left.

 

Name _____________________________
Date ___________________
A Good Night for Ghosts #42
(Key 1 - Answer ID # 0250697)
Write the letter for the word that best matches the definition.

 1.   a paddle steamer is a ship or boat driven by a steam engine that uses one or more paddle wheels to develop thrust for propulsion

 2.   inhabited or frequented by ghosts

 3.   nickname for a trumpet or other brass instrument

 4.   a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods

 5.   usually the night before a holiday or important event

 6.   an abandoned child with no adult supervision

 7.   a public vehicle running regularly along certain streets, usually on rails, as a trolley car or trolley bus

 8.   a person who makes horseshoes and shoes horses

 9.   a company of persons or, sometimes, animals or things, joined, acting, or functioning together; aggregation; party; troop

 10.   a transparent or translucent usually portable case for enclosing a light and protecting it from the wind, rain, etc.

 11.   a company of three singers or players

 12.   looking at carefully for flaws or mistakes
A.   waif

B.   riverboat

C.   inspecting

D.   streetcar

E.   lantern-

F.   eve

G.   band

H.   cart

I.   blacksmith

J.   horn

K.   haunted

L.   trio

 

A Good Night for Ghosts #42
Key 1 - Answer ID # 0250697
Chapters 1-5
1. When did the Eve of All Saints' Day turn out to be?
Halloween; October 31
2. Why is the man Jack and Annie are looking for important enough for Merlin to want to help?
He is the King of Jazz.
3. Why did Jack and Annie keep offering to help Dipper with his jobs for free?
They needed to figure out a way to get him back to the music, so they could fulfill their mission for Merlin.
4. What is the magic trumpet for?
for Jack and Annie to play only as a last resort when they face their greatest danger
5. Why did the waiter kick Jack and Annie out of the restaurant?
They didn't have any money to buy food and weren't dressed well enough to be in a nice restaurant.
Chapters 6-11
6. Why couldn't the kids get out of the blacksmith shop?
The front door was stuck, and pirates were coming out of the walls to surround them.
7. What stopped the pirates' attack on the kids?
Jack sang and Dipper started playing Annie's trumpet.
8. Why couldn't Dipper ride the streetcar with Jack and Annie?
In 1915, black people were not allowed to sit with white people on the streetcar.
9. How did the kids know the pirate standing in front of them was a real pirate?
He was see-through.
10. How did firing a gun change Dipper's life?
He was sent to live in the Waif's Home for two years and now feels guilty for abandoning his family.

 

A Good Night for Ghosts #42
Key 1 - Answer ID # 0250697
Review
11. When were Jack and Annie sent back to on their quest?

1915

1995

1900

1901
12. Where did Jack and Annie finally find Louis Armstrong?

Delivering coal

Waiting tables in a restaurant

In the Waif's Home

Working for a man delivering bananas
13. What was Jack and Annie's quest?

To help Louis Armstrong learn to play the trumpet

To celebrate All Saints' Day

To help a creative person bring his gifts to the world

To stop the hurricane from wrecking New Orleans
14. What made Annie and Jack's quest so difficult?

Louis Armstrong was in the Waif's Home.

Louis Armstrong was working instead of making music.

Louis Armstrong was a waiter in a restaurant.

Louis Armstrong was nowhere to be found.
15. Why is the tree house magic?

It has a magic teleporter in it.

It brings Jack and Annie to New Orleans.

It spins around and leaps from tree to tree.

It takes Jack and Annie to the places needed for their quests.
16. What did Merlin send to Jack and Annie to use as a last resort to accomplish their mission?

A flute

A map

A trumpet

A book
17. How did Jack and Annie convince Dipper he was the future King of Jazz?

They told him about Merlin's magic trumpet.

They told him about the Magic Tree House.

They showed him how good a trumpet player he was.

They showed him their history book.
18. Where did Jack and Annie go on this quest?

Baghdad

New Orleans

Venice

Camelot
19. Why wouldn't Dipper play his trumpet or sing in public anymore?

He wasn't allowed to play his trumpet or sing while on parole.

He has lost his skills while in the Waif's Home.

He felt guilty for being sent away from his family.

He had to make the money to pay his mother back.
20. What showed Jack and Annie that their mission had been successful?

They never did find out if their mission was successful.

They made Dipper promise he would go back to his music.

Merlin told them their mission had been successful.

They heard Dipper playing his trumpet on the riverboat as they left.

 

A Good Night for Ghosts #42
Key 1 - Answer ID # 0250697

  B   1.   a paddle steamer is a ship or boat driven by a steam engine that uses one or more paddle wheels to develop thrust for propulsion

  K   2.   inhabited or frequented by ghosts

  J   3.   nickname for a trumpet or other brass instrument

  H   4.   a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods

  F   5.   usually the night before a holiday or important event

  A   6.   an abandoned child with no adult supervision

  D   7.   a public vehicle running regularly along certain streets, usually on rails, as a trolley car or trolley bus

  I   8.   a person who makes horseshoes and shoes horses

  G   9.   a company of persons or, sometimes, animals or things, joined, acting, or functioning together; aggregation; party; troop

  E   10.   a transparent or translucent usually portable case for enclosing a light and protecting it from the wind, rain, etc.

  L   11.   a company of three singers or players

  C   12.   looking at carefully for flaws or mistakes
A.   waif

B.   riverboat

C.   inspecting

D.   streetcar

E.   lantern-

F.   eve

G.   band

H.   cart

I.   blacksmith

J.   horn

K.   haunted

L.   trio