This will be funny someday

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* why doesn’t Jack care about failing his assignment?

Because he was already accepted to Cornell’s early decision

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* why does Jack make a parody of the Hamlet scene in class?

Because his team “dared him”

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what sport is Jack Brawer Varsity Captain of?

Lacrosse

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what senior class did Isabel petition herself into?

Shakespeare Seminar

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what type of movies does Alex love?

Black and White

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* is Isabel a fan of PDA?

no

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what does Margot say to Isabel

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In the book, *This will be funny someday,* how many people is Isabel’s family made of?

five people

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* how did Isabel’s parents meet?

In college

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* in what city does Isabel live?

In Chicago

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what college does Isabel pretend she goes to?

Roosevelt

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what does Isabel compare the nightclub with?

Dracula’s daughter’s sweet sixteen

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what lie does Isabel say to avoid going out for drinks?

She says that she “can’t” and “has to study”

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* about how often does Mo and her friends do open mics?

At least once a week

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what does Alex compare Isabel’s dress to?

a prarie dress

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what nickname is Isabel given?

Izzy (by Mo), Murder Girl (by Jonah)

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what play is Isabel studying for her Shakespear Seminar class?

Hamlet

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what’s the name of the bar Mo invited Isabel to?

Forest

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* how old is Jonah? And how is he a senior at that age?

20 years old; He skipped second grade

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what is the only Bromelaid (type of plant) you can eat?

pineapple

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what did Mo’s ex-girlfriend start every conversation with?

“Wait, have you even been listening to me?”

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what’s the name of the heckler who interrupts Mo’s set in the Forest?

Braden

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what is the “Most Holy Day” for the Braden species?

St. Pattrick’s Day

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what does Will bring up to the stage?

his guitar

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* who does Jonah think hates him? and why?

Mo’s girlfriend; Because she glared at him at her birthday

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* why doesn’t Mo pay rent?

Because she is an RA (college resident advisor)

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what is the red cup trick?

The first line towards the bottom is one ounce/one drink (if drinking liquor)

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what animals did Isabel compare herself and her family to?

She compared herself to a teacup pig, and her family to golden retrievers

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what is Will studying?

He is pre-med

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what does it mean when the lights flash?

You’re up; You need to get off stage/stop your set

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what does it mean when the light goes up?

You have a minute for your set

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what is Isabel’s “box”?

She is a girl

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what movie did Isabel, Mo, and the rest watch in Mo’s dorm?

Airplane!

In the book, *This will be funny someday, on* what days of the week is the bouncer working at the Forest?

Only on Friday and Saturday

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what does Mo say Isabel does stand up for? What is Isabel’s actual reason?

Mo: The audience…because she wants to be loved; Her actual reason is because she wants to matter to someone

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what is Isabel allergic to?

Nickel

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what presents did Alex get Isabel?

Honey from the Homestead Farm and an orchid (white)

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* when and why did Naomi start drinking coffee?

last winter, when she stayed up for two nights straight preparing for the National Robotics Challenge

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* who does Isabel run into in the coffee shop?

Dave

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* why does Isabel meet up with Naomi again in the coffee shop?

Because they were paired for a group school project

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* who does Isabel and Naomi do their project on?

Fanny Brice

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what school subject does Isabel and Naomi have a project on?

history

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what does Mo want from McDonalds?

a Shamrock Shake

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what is Mo’s soul’s zodiac? What is her actual zodiac?

Pisces; Leo

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what is the name of the security officer at Roosevelt?

Patrick

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* where does Isabel encounter her first heckler?

in the club she first stumbled in/dracula’s daughter’s sweet sixteen club

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what voice does Isabel give Mr. Muffins

Nasally, grumpy, like everyone’s least favorite grampa

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what is the name of the owner of Stage 312?

Mitch

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what is the name of the club of the bringer show Isabel was invited to?

Stage 312

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what is a bringer show?

A show where the invited comedian must bring their own guests to watch and ultimately buy drinks

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* why is Jonah upset after Isabel is invited to the bringer show?

Because Isabel was invited because she was a “conventionally pretty” white girl…while the others, who were more experienced and “better”, weren’t invited due to discrimination of race and sexual orientation.

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* who does Isabel have Mitch also invite to the bringer show?

Mo

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what day of the week is the bringer show?

Thursday

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* who does Isabel first try to invite to the bringer show?

Naomi

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* who does Isabel end up inviting to the bringer show?

Charlotte (her older sister)

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* why didn’t Peter come home for spring break?

Because he opted to stay with his roommate; His roommate has a house in Palm Beach

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* why does Charlotte enter Isabel’s room?

To borrow a scarf (Naomi’s scarf)

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* how did Charlotte and Isabel feel about themselves due to being judged against each other their whole lives?

Charlotte never felt pretty enough, and Isabel never felt smart/charming/approachable enough

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what happens to Isabel on the way to Stage 312?

Her bus is gets stuck in traffic, and she runs into a light pole

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* why/how did Mo learn to do makeup?

When her mom (who has Parkinson’s) couldn’t do her own makeup, Mo learned and did it for her, to make her mom feel better.

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what was Mo’s mom diagnosed with? And what grade was Mo in?

Parkinson’s; Senior year of highschool

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what school and grade does Isabel say Charlotte is in?

a junior in Vassar

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* why won’t Will’s dad drive his vintage Shelby Mustang outside of their property?

Because he’s worried a cop will think he stole it

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* where does Isabel’s mom take Isabel out for lunch?

an Italian restraunt

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* why does Judge Riley assume Matt (instead of Isabel’s mom) is the lead lawyer for the Greg Shea case?

Because he is a man, and she is a woman… patriarchy :(

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what is the name of the Shakespear play that Isabel hates? And why does she hate it?

Titus Andronicus; It’s extremely violent and includes horrifying themes of rape and taking advantage of girls (details: Laviana was raped, had her tongue and hands chopped off, and murdered)

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* where does Isabel go to eat lunch after she thought Alex broke up with her?

She goes to Ms. Waldman’s room/her Shakespeare seminar classroom

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* why does Isabel need a new copy of Titus Andronicus?

Because she left her other one at Alex’s house… she thought they were broken up

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what play does Ms. Waldman give Isabel to read? What genre is it?

As You Like it; comedy

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* in what park does Isabel, Mo, and everyone else meet up?

Millennium Park

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what does Dave give Izzy?

a gummy bear/edible/weed

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* who does Isabel see at the new fancy bar?

her dad

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what is the time limit for the all-college showcase?

3 minutes

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what story does Isabel tell her mom that represents her own relationship problems?

She tells her Naomi is having troubles with her “boyfriend”

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what does Greg Shea collect?

clown figurines

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* who does Isabel tell about the train station incident?

Mo

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what is Isabel’s biggest fear?

fear of heights

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* how did Jack make fun of Naomi during lunch?

He joked about her hooking up with old men on the internet/Mr. Sinclair (her teacher)

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* where does Isabel go after going off in the cafeteria to Jack and Alex?

She goes home

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* where does Isabel break up with Alex?

In her bedroom

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* when fighting in Isabel’s room, what does Jack knock over?

Isabel’s makeup and the white orchid

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what happens to Mo the day of the All-College-Showcase?

she gets an extremely bad cold

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* how many judges are judging the all-college-showcase auditions?

three

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what color was Isabel’s dress in her set about her mom?

gray

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* how did Isabel’s parents find out about her stand up?

Sean the bartender, who was a crime fanatic, knew who Isabel was talking about in her set about Greg and her mom. He sold (blackmail) the tape to Isabel’s mom (since Isabel discussed disclosed details of the case during the set)

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* who blackmailed Isabel’s mom with the set tape from the Forest?

Sean the bartender

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what did young Isabel overhear her mom saying at the dinner party?

How her maternity leave from having Isabel ruined her career and put her on “mommy track”

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* how did Mo find out about Isabel being 16?

Mo overheard Sean bragging about the payout he got from “some rich girl’s parents” (Isabel’s parents)

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what does Mo keep calling Isabel when she finds out Isabel is 16?

a “kid”

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* who gets into the All-College-Showcase?

Out of the group, only Izzy V… though Mo was alternate

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what does Isabel’s mom’s universe look like?

flower petals

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what/who is the center of Isabel’s Mom’s universe?

No one/thing… She doesn’t have a center, her kids, husband, work, herself all matter to her equally

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what time is the All-College-Showcase?

3 pm

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what does Isabel’s universe look like?

an endless hallway of doors (”some you can choose to open yourself, and some that other people have to open for you”)

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what does Isabel do with the tape of her set?

She uploads it on Youtube

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* how many siblings does Will have?

two

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* who is staying in Chicago after they graduate?

Will and Jonah

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* where is Mo moving after graduation? What is she pursuing?

New York; an actual comedy career

In the book, *This will be funny someday,* what are Colin’s three rules to Isabel attending open mics (even though she’s underage)?

It’s during the week, she’s chaperoned by someone he trusts, and she maintains a blood alcohol level of zero