| A | B |
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| Who does Obi belong to? | Rachel |
| What does Obi call Rachel? | his adopted mother |
| What did Rachel and her brother, Graig, fight over? | Whose music they were going to listen to in the car. |
| How did Rachel decorate Obi's cage? | She put doll furniture in it. |
| Where does Obi get most of his exercise? | on his exercise wheel |
| What is a special treat for Obi? | yogurt puffballs |
| What is Obi's favorite activity? | Running around in his clear plastic globe. |
| Where is Obi's cage? | on Rachel's dresser |
| What doesn't Obi like about her name? | It is a boy's name. |
| Who is Obi named after? | Obi-Wan Kenobi, Rachel's favorite Star Wars character. |
| What is the greatest danger to Obi? | Mrs. Armstrong's three cats, Sweetie Smoochkins, Sugar Smacks, and Honey Buns |
| Why doesn't Obi know what kind of pets Craig has? | Craig keeps them in his room. |
| What pet does Mr. Armstrong have? | An old yellow Labrador named Mack and a parrot named Mr. Smithers. |
| What pets do the identical twins, Betsy and Susie, have? | goldfish |
| How does Rachel react when one of the cats gets into her room? | She becomes angry and chases them out. |
| Where is the Armstrong family preparing to go? | They are taking a trip. |
| What is Obi's big secret? | She knows how to read. |
| How did Obi learn to read? | From following along as Rachel's father read stories. |
| How does Obi get Rachel to put him in his Gerbil Mobile? | By gnawing on the metal boars of his cage. |
| Who does Obi ask about the trip? | Mack the yellow Laborador |
| Why is the trip bad news for Mack? | He'll be put in a kennel. |
| Who feeds the pets while the Armstrongs are gone? | Craig's friend, Tad |
| How do Tad and Craig prevent Rachel's CDs from being packed? | They hid them so that Rachel's Dad will think they're in the car. |
| What do the cats do when they find Obi in her Gerbil Mobile? | The bat it back and forth between them. |
| Who nearly trips over Obi's plastic globe? | Mr. Armstrong |
| Why is Obi upset when the Armstrongs drive away? | She thought she was going with them. |
| What game does Sugar Smacks play with Obi? | She wants Obi to try and touch her paw without getting hurt. |
| Why does Obi agree to play Sugar Smack's game? | She will get information about where the Armstrongs have gone. |
| How long will the Armstrongs be gone? | two weeks |
| What is the terrible thing that Obi realizes when Tad comes to feed the pets? | He doesn't know Obi is there and needs fed. |
| Why won't the squirrel help Obi? | The squirrel thinks Obi is a criminal and that her cage is a jail. |
| How does Obi escape from her cage? | She realies the door will open if she pushes it. |
| What pets does Obi encounter in Craig's room? | a corn snake named Boa and a tarantula named Jose |
| What does Boa eat? | mice |
| Why doesn't Boa try to eat Obi? | He is a gerbil, not a mouse. |
| What lie does Boa tell everyone? | He claims to be a boa constrictor. |
| After seh leaves Craig's room, how does Obi escape Sweetie Smoochkins? | She climbs the lamp cord and goes into her cage. |
| Why is Obi still in danger after entering her cage? | Her cage door is open. |
| How does Obi close her cage door? | Her tail is coiled in the bars and when she moves back the door slams shut. |
| What advice does Mr. Armstrong give Obi in her dream? | You're a smart gerbil. You can figure it out. |
| How does Obi try to trick the cats into thinking she is still in her cage? | Obi fluffs up cedar shavings to appear as though Obi is sleeping under them. |
| What delightful smell lures Obi into the attic? | The smell of cheddar cheese. |
| Who stops Obi from eating the cheese? | an elderly mouse named Malcolm Durkins |
| Wh did Malcolm stop Obi from getting the cheese? | It was in a mouse trap. |
| What does Malcolm give Obi? | stale bread |
| What happened to the colony of mice that used to be in the Armstrong house? | They were killed off and Malcolm is the only survivor. |
| How does Malcolm torment the Armstrongs? | By letting them catch just a glimpse of him. |
| How does Malcolm travel through the house? | by walking inside the walls |
| What drawings does Obi see inside the walls? | pictures of mice running away from humans |
| What does Malcolm call Tad? | music boy |
| Why did Tad drop the cookies? | Malcolm ran out and startled him. |
| What does Malcolm try to teach Obi? | to hate the Armstrongs |
| What does Malcolm use as an incentive? | When Obi gives him the response he wants, she gets a piece of a cookie. |
| What does Obi refuse to say, even if she won't get the cookie? | "I hate Rachel." |
| What does Malcolm offer as proof that Rachel doesn't love Obi? | Obi is not getting fed. |
| How can Obi prove that Rachel didn't forget her? | By finding that she was included in the instructions for feeding the pets. |
| Where were the instructions for feeding the pets left? | on the kitchen table |
| How does Obi get Mr. Smithers to create a distraction so that Obi can get to the kitchen? | She gets him to repeat, "Obi is loose! Gerbil on the loose!" |
| Where does Obi go when the cats find her in the kitchen? | The narrow space between the refigerator and the cabinet. |
| What happy discovery does Obi make in the narrow space by the refrigerator? | Rachel's note to Tad, telling him how to feed Obi. |
| How did Rachel's note end up in the crevice by the refrigerator? | When Tad opened the back door, the breeze blew the paper off the table. |
| Why doesn't Obi let Tad see her when he enters the kitchen? | He doesn't know she is supposed to be there and might kill her like the mice were killed. |
| Instead of kicking the battery to Tad, what does Obi wish she had kicked to him? | Rachel's note |
| What does Obi do with Rachel's note? | She takes the CD out of Tad's CD-player and puts the note in its place. |
| What else does Obi put in Tad's CD-player? | one of Rachel's CDs |
| Why does Obi want to get back to her cage before Tad arrives with food? | If she isn't there, he might not see any reason to leave food. He might think she died. |
| How does Obi get out from behind the refrigerator? | She throws a ball for the cats to chase. |
| What does Obi do when the cats catch her? | She gets them to fight over who will get her, then escapes into the secret passageway. |
| Who or what is blocking Obi's way int he secret passageway? | Malcolm Durkins with a plastic fork. |
| How does Obi get past Mr. Durkins? | She pushes him over and tells him that he is just jealous because he knows Rachel does love her. |
| What does Tad tell the cats when they hiss at Obi? | From now on he will feed Obi before he feeds them. |
| What does Rachel do with the postcards she brings home from vacation? | She puts them around the outside of Obi's cage. |
| What does Obi bring Malcolm Durkins? | She brings him a piece of cheddar cheese. |
