Beverly Cleary What Was the Name of Ramona Quimby's Sister?
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question answer page Who is the author of Ramona the Pest? Beverly Cleary cover What was the name of Ramona Quimby’s sister? Beezus 1 What was Beezus Quimby’s real name? Beatrice 1 Who did Beezus Quimby walk to school with? Her friend, Mary Jane 1 What grade did Ramona start? Kindergarten 3 Mary Jane always acted like a mother and Why did Mary Jane bother Ramona? wanted Ramona to act like a baby. 3 What were Mrs. Kemp’s children’s names? Howie and Willa Jean 5 Why were Ramona and Howie expected to be friends? Their moms were friends. 5 What bothered Ramona about Howie? He never got excited. 5 Why was Willa Jean interesting to Ramona? She was sloppy 5 What street did Ramona and Beezus live on? Klickitat Street 5 What school did Ramona and Beezus attend? Glenwood School 5 Who was the traffic boy in charge of the corner intersection near Glenwood School? Henry Huggins 5 What was Ramona’s kindergarten teacher’s name? Miss Binney 9 Why did Ramona think Miss Binney was going to give her a gift? Miss Binney told her to sit there for the present. 9 What was the name of the only boy in class with short pants who Ramona liked? Davy 11 Why did Ramona chase Davy? She wanted to kiss him. 11 Why was Susan so interesting to RAmona? She had curly hair. 11 What picture was on Ramona’s cupboard at school? A yellow duck 11 What picture was on Howie’s cupboard at school? A green frog 11 What song did Ramona call the Dawnzer The National Anthem - The Star Spangled Lee Light? Banner 15 What did Ramona think a dawnzer was? Another word for a lamp 15 What was the first book Miss Binney read aloud to the class? Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel 15 Where did Mike Mulligan dig a basement for the new town hall? Poppersville 15 What did Ramona want to know about How he went to the bathroom while digging the Mike Mulligan? basement for the town hall. 15 How many kindergarten students did Miss Binney have? twenty-nine 19 What game did Miss Binney teach her class to play on the playground? Gray Duck 19 What did Miss Binney mean when she told RAmona to sit for the present? For now. 22 What did Ramona think the word ‘attack’ meant? To stick tacks in people 22 What was the center of the circle called in the game of Gray Duck? The mush pot 22 What did Ramona keep doing to Susan? Pulling her hair. 22 What did the person who rested most quietly in Miss Binney’s class get to do? Be the wake-up fairy 28 What did the wake-up fairy use as a magic wand? A yardstick 31 What infuriated RAmona if she heard a grown-up say it about her? That she was worn out 34 What did Ramona look forward to most of all? Show and Tell 37 When did Beezus say kids grew out of Show and Tell? 3rd grade 37 What did Ramona name her doll? Chevrolet 37 What caused Chevrolet’s hair to turn green? Bluing on yellow hair 37 What did Ramona give to Howie to use for Show and Tell? A stuffed blue rabbit 40 What did Ramona name her doll, Chevrolet, after? Her aunt’s car 43 What did Ramona always say when she saw Susan’s curls? Boing 46 What present did Miss Binney give to the bunny Howie showed? A red ribbon 46 How did Mrs. Kemp want to resolve the fight between RAmona and Howie over the red ribbon? Cut it into two pieces. 52 What did Howie and Ramona both hate having to do? share 55 What did Howie do to Ramona’s tricycle? Took off one of the back wheels 55 The kind that lined up by the door before What two kinds of children went to school, and the kind that ran around the kindergarten? playground. 63 Who was Davy pretending to be when he pinned a black cape to his shoulders? Mighty Mouse 63 What did Susan always want to play? House 68 Why did Ramona draw black swirls coming To be smoke from the fire in the fireplace with out of the windows of the house she drew? the chimney stopped up with Santa Claus. 71 What did Miss Binney like about the way Ramona wrote her name? The O’s were fat balloons full of air. 71 What was the hardest part about writing Getting the right number of points for the M and her name for Ramona? the N. 71 Why was Howie gloomy about his pants in He was the only boy whose jeans had only one kindergarten? hip pocket...the other boys had two. 83 What was Henry’s dog’s name? Ribsy 83 Why did Ramona admire Henry Huggins? He was a traffic boy and also delivered papers. 83 Why did Ramona hide behind the trash Miss Binney wasn’t at school and there was a cans by the red-bricked wall? substitute teacher. 89 What was RAmona’s middle name? Geraldine 96 What was Glenwood School’s principal’s name? Miss Mullen 99 Why did Miss Binney stay home from school? She had a sore throat. 99 What was the name of Miss Binney’s substitute teacher? Mrs. Wilcox 102 Why did Mrs. Wilcox like the way Ramona wrote the letter Q? They looked like little cats 104 Why didn’t the Quimby’s have kittens at home? Their cat was a boy 104 Why didn’t Ramona want to wear Howie’s old boots? They were brown boots for boys. 106 Why did Susan carry her white boots? So they wouldn’t get muddy. 108 What did RAmona do with a pink worm? Wound it around her finger like a ring. 111 What name did the shoe salesman call Ramona? Petunia 114 He convinced Ramona’s mom to buy her How did the shoe man help RAmona? beautiful girls’ red boots 118 Why did Henry have to save Ramona? She got stuck in the mud. 127 Why did Ramona tell Henry Huggins she was going to marry him? He got her new red boots out of the mud. 130 What was Ramona’s favorite holiday after Christmas and her own birthday? Halloween 134 What did Ramona want to be for Halloween? The BADDEST witch in the whole world. 134 Where did Ramona hide her witch mask Behind a cushion of the couch in the living before she went to sleep? room. 137 What was Beezus for Halloween? A princess in a pink mask 140 What did Howie dress up as for Halloween? Black cat 140 What did Willa Jean dress up as for Halloween? A buck-toothed rabbit 140 What did Howie really want to be for Halloween? A pirate 143 What did Willa Jean spill all over the kitchen floor? A quart of salad oil 143 What did Miss Binney dress up like for Halloween? Mother Goose 144 What did Davy dress up as for Halloween? A pirate 144 How did Susan dress up for Halloween? In an old-fashioned girl costume 148 What was the scariest feeling Ramona Nobody recognizing her when she was dressed ever experienced? like a witch. 150 What did Ramona do so everyone would know it was her behind the baddest witch Wrote her name on a sign and carried it with mask? her in the Halloween parade. 155 What two things made Ramona feel like She had her first loose tooth and she was going she was growing up? to walk to school by herself. 159 Put lots of pots and pans near her ed to trap What did Ramona plan to do when she lost her father when he pretended to be the tooth her tooth? fairy. 159 At what time did Mrs. Quimby tell Ramona to leave for school? Exactly quarter past eight. 159 She thought 25 was a quarter, so when the hand reached the 25 minutes after 8, it was the Why did Ramona leave for school at 8:25? same as quarter after 8. 162 What did Ramona notice when she started It was too quiet...no one else was walking to walking to school by herself? school. 162 What did Davy think was in Miss Binney’s bag that started with T? tatterpillars. 164 What did Ramona think was inside Miss Binney’s bag that started with T? tooth 164 What was really inside Miss Binney’s bag that started with T? A stuffed tiger 168 What kind of machine was used in schools to make copies of pictures with purple ink? Ditto machines 170 Why was Susan happy that Ramona got to She got to open the door on her first day as school late? door monitor. 170 What word did Ramona resent being called most? pest 174 What crime was the worst in kindergarten? Acting big. 176 Why did Ramona decide she had to go home and stay there instead of go to kindergarten? She couldn’t promise not to pull Susan’s hair. 176 Where did Ramona forget her tooth? In Miss Binney’s desk 178 What did Ramona’s mom call her that made her know she meant business? Young lady 180 What did Beezus call Ramona after she refused to go to school? A kindergarten dropout 183 What did Ramona do in her room after Beezus teased her for misunderstanding the Star Spangled Banner? Kicked the wall with her shoes on.