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Questions: Rain ReignAnswerPage
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by Ann M. Martin
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What is a homophone?a word that's pronounced the same as another word but spelled differentlyp3
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According to Mrs. Kushel in Rain Reign, what is the difference between making a mistake and breaking a rule?Making a mistake is accidental. Breaking a rule is deliberate.p3
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What is Rose's dog's name in Rain Reign?Rainp4
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What makes Rose's dog's name special?It has two homonymsp4
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What's important about the word "write"?it has three homonyms (right, rite, & wright)p4
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What is the only group of four homonyms Rose has thought of?Write, right, rite, & wrightp5
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Who does Rose live with?Her father p5
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In what book is the main character's home on Hud Road? Rain Reign, by Ann M Martinp5
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What grade is Rose in?5th gradep5
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In what book does the main character attend Hatford Elementary?Rain Reign, by Ann M Martinp5
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Who is Rose's aide?Mrs. Leiblerp5
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In what book does the main character attend Hatford Elementary?Rain Reign, by Ann M Martinp6
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What direction does Rose house face?Northeastp6
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Where does Rose's father work?J & R Garagep6
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Where does Rose's father go after work?a bar, The Luck of the Irishp6
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How many years is Rose held back in school?1 year p5
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What is between Rose's home and the J & R garage?trees and the roadp6
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What is Rose's father's younger brother's name?Weldonp6
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What is Rose's diagnosis?high-functioning autism/Asperger's Syndromep6
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When did Rose's mother leave Rose and her father?When Rose was twop7
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How far does Uncle Weldon live?3.4 miles awayp7
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What is Rose's geographic location? Hud Rd, Hatford, Nyp5 & 7
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What troubles Rose about 5th grade?weekly progress reportsp7
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When does Rose's father attend monthly meetings with Rose's teacher and aide?the third Friday of every month at 3:45 p8
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Who is Rose's fifth grade teacher?Mrs. Kushelp5
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When did Uncle Weldon hear about the monthly meetings?10/3 at 8:10 pmp8
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What is Unlce Weldon's signal that everying will be all right?holding up two crossed fingersp9
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How much does Rain weigh?23 lbsp10
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How long is Rain from the tip of her nose to the tip of her tail?34" longp10
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Is Rain male or female?female p10
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Which of Rain's ears has brown speckles?her right earp11
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Is Rain's fur long or short?shortp11
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What color is Rain's fur?mostly yellowp11
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How many of Rain's toes are white?7p11
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Which paw has the most white toes?three on her right back pawp11
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What color are Rose's eyes? bluep11
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What color are Rain's eyes?brownp11
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What does Rain's breath smell like?dog foodp11
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Who picks Rose up from school?Uncle Weldonp12
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Who makes dinner for Rose and her father?Rosep12
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What does Rose feed Rain?Half a can of My Pet dog food from a can mixed with My Pet dry food in the morning and eveningp12
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What does Rose's father say if he is in a good mood at night?"What's for supper?'"p13
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Why does Rose think that most kids are not interested in homonyms?because she is the only student in her class that is interested p14
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What does Rose compile a list of?homonymsp14
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how is Rose's homonym list arranged?alphabeticallyp14
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Why does Rose write out her list of homonyms? Because she does not own a computerp15
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Who is Josh Bartel?a 4'10" student in Rose's classp15
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What's fun about homonyms? Hearing a word in a sentence and suddenly realizing is has a homonymp15
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Who else gets excited about homonyms?Uncle Weldonp16
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What is the purpose of Rose's rules of homonyms?to limit homonyms to words that are pure & are Englishp17
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What are Rose's Rules of Homonyms?They include no proper nouns, no foriegn words, no contractions, no abbreviations, and sound exactly alikep18
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What is Rose's father's name?Wesley Howardp18
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What is funny about the word pair?It implies two but it is a part of a homonym trio - pair, pare, and pearp18
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How old is Wesley Howard?33p19
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When is Wesley Howard's birthday?43175p19
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How tall is Wesley Howard?6'1"p19
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Where does he have a scar?his cheekp19
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What did Wesley Howard get the scar on his cheek from?His father whacked him in the face with the handle of a shovel when he was 7p19
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Why did Wesley Howard's father hit him with a shovel?to teach him not to leave his bike outsidep19
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What is similar between Rose and her father?both grew up with their fathers but not their mothers and they live in the countryp19
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What is Rose's father's profession?mechanic at J&R Garagep20
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How many siblings does Wesley have?1p20
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How is Weldon related to Rose?He is her father's only brotherp20
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How old is Weldon?31p20
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When is Weldon's birthday?43274p20
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What's interesting about Wesley's and Weldon's birth times?The are opposite when written out and divisible by 3p20
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How old was Wesley when Rose was born>21p20
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How old was Rose when her mother left?2p20
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Who is Miss Croon?Rose's kindergarten teacherp20
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What did Miss Croon want?Send Rose to a different schoolp20
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Who was Rose's first grade teacher?Ms. Vinselp21
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Why did Miss Croon teach Rose in 2nd grade?She didn't want to teach kindergarten anymorep21
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When did Mrs. Leibler become Rose's aide? by fourth gradep21
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When did Wesley and Weldon go into foster care?When Wesley was 10 years oldp22
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Why did Wesley and Weldon go into foster care?Wesley went to school with a two inch long brown mark on his arm and his teacher called CPSp22
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How many foster families did Wesley and Weldon live with?7p22
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How many different towns did Wesley and Weldon live in?5p22
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How many foster brothers and sisters did Wesley and Weldon have all together?32p22
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How many different schools did Wesley and Weldon go to?9p22
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What was the longest amount of time that Wesley and Weldon stay with a family?21 monthsp22
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What was the shortest amount of time that Wesley and Weldon stary with a family?78 daysp22
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Who was Wesley's favorite foster mother?Hannah Pedersonp23
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What is a palindrome?a word that is spelled the same way backwards and forwardsp23
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What time does Rose like to eat dinner by?0.78125p24
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Who is Sam Diamond?a man that drinks at the Luck of the Irish with Wesley Howard and sometimes sleeps on the Howards living room couchp25
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Where did Wesley find Rain?behind the Luck of the Irishp25
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When did Rose's father bring Rain home?The Friday before the last Thanksgivingp24
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What color towel does Rose bring to dry Rain off with?Greenp26
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How does Rain get her name?Wesley finds her in the rain and rain has two homonyms so it is specialp27
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Where does Rain sleep at night?In bed with Rosep27
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Where does Uncle Weldon work?at a construction company, Gene's Construction, Inc.p29
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What kind of car does Uncle Weldon drive?a black Chevrolet Montanap30
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What do Rose and Uncle Weldon do before Rose exits his truck?Cross their fingers and touch their heartsp31 & p33
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What bus did Rose used to ride to school?Bus #7p32
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How many stops did Bus #7 make?14, a multiple of 7p34
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Which stop was Rose on the #7?the second stopp34
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Who is Shirley Ringwood?the driver of bus 7p35
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Who drives bus #7?Shirley Ringwoodp35