| A | B |
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| author of The Edison Mystery | Dan Gutman |
| Qwerty (1st five letter of keyboard) Stevens | Robert Stevens, age 13 |
| West Orange, NJ | setting of book, home of the Stevens family and Edison Labs |
| Barbara (16), Madison (6) | Qwerty's sisters, he calls them thing 1 and thing 2 |
| what happens to Qwerty's father? | he was killed in a car accident 6 years before, but at end of book he is alive due to Qwerty's actions when he travels back in time |
| 1879 | the year the Anytime Anywhere machine was buried in the backyard |
| Joey Dvorak | Qwerty's friend, he suggests Qwerty hook up the Anytime Anywhere machine to the computer which makes it work, the police question him when Qwerty and Barbara disappear |
| Dot and Dash | Thomas Edison's nicknames for his children |
| Enter | This is the key that transports characters to other places/times |
| Escape | this is the key that brings the characters back to the present day/place |
| Spain | the first place Qwerty is transported to |
| cotton | the material that is able to hold the electric current in a light bulb |
| a light bulb | what Edison wanted Qwerty to bring with his when he goes back in time |
| Ashley Quadrel | works for the Sixth Sense Institute |
| amount Ashley Quadrel steals from the Sixth Sense Institute | $10,000 |
| who brings Qwerty, Barbara, and Ashley Quadrel back? | Madison does this when she is playing with the computer and accidently hits the Escape key |
| James Naismith | in the book Qwerty shows him how to play basketball, which he later "invents" |
| thanks to Qwerty showing James Naismith the game of basketball... | a basketball court was built on the road that Qwerty's dad was killed on, so the road was never built, and Qwerty's dad didn't die, all because... |
| Francis Upton (nickname culture) | had a crush on Barbara Stevens |
| "Everything in this book is true, except for the stuff I made up." | Dan Gutman's quote on the first page of the book |
| Truth and Lies | the title of the Note from the Author at the end of the book |
| Insomnia Squad | Thomas Edison's workers, called this b/c they stay up all night |
| Thomas Edison | family life was not very important to him, he invented the light bulb, the phoograph (record player) and talking dolls, among over 1000 other things |
| interesting fact | the word ahoy was used as a greeting when the telephone was first invented, some people credit Thomas Edison with inventing the word hello |
| dig holes | what Qwerty does when he's mad |
| "The world is not ready for this. I'm not sure it ever will be." | words on the note found in box with Anytime Anywhere Machine |
| Treat and Eats | ice cream and candy store |
| 1093 | the number of inventions Thomas Edison patented during his lifetime |
| why did Barbara not get Qwerty's note to bring him back from Edison's lab? | It was on her floor and it was dark so she crumpled it up and put it in the trash. |
| bottle monkey | boy who cleaned out all the glass containers used in the experiments |
| Ashley Quadrel's evil plan | to make millions by going back in time and inventing things that haven't been invented yet |
| how did the Anytime Anywhere machine end up buried in the backyard? | Francis Upton and Barbara Stevens buried what? |
| how did Ashley Quadrel try to elude the police? | this character tries to escape the police by sliding down a drainpipe |
