“Ava Wrestles the Alligator”

Reading Check

1. Seth (“Ava Wrestles the Alligator”)

2. The Bird Man (“Ava Wrestles the Alligator”)

Short Answer

1. She feeds the alligators live chickens for the first time. (“Ava Wrestles the Alligator”)

2. Ossie’s note claims that Ossie has gone on her honeymoon with Luscious. (“Ava Wrestles the Alligator”)

“Haunting Olivia”

Reading Check

1. Gannon’s Boat Graveyard (“Haunting Olivia”)

2. Waldo Swallow (“Haunting Olivia”)

Short Answer

1. She was washed out to sea when the receding tide carried away the crab shell she was sledding in. (“Haunting Olivia”)

2. The shrimp spell out “glowworm grotto,” and since the boys remember Olivia drawing such a place, they theorize that this might be a message from Olivia revealing where her body is. (“Haunting Olivia”)

“Z. Z.’s Sleep-Away Camp for Disordered Dreamers”

Reading Check

1. Thomas Edison (“Z. Z.’s Sleep-Away Camp for Disordered Dreamers”)

2. Night terrors (“Z. Z.’s Sleep-Away Camp for Disordered Dreamers”)

Short Answer

1. The two have identical dreams of historical events that are as vivid as if they were actually present at these events.