Perry Homer Ruins Everything

What kind of smile does Perry's mom say he has?

A megawatt smile

What was the "small insignificant fire incident?"

Pauly set off a firework that burned down the town

What does Uncle Manny ask for on the flight?

A bloody mary

What school is Perry trying to get home to prepare for an interview for?

Ithaca School- he is interviewing for a scholarship

What does the lady on the flight give Perry for being "a nice boy?"

A penny

What is Pauly's most prized possession?

His black spatula

What does Perry keep a running list of?

People he has wronged so he can make it up to them eventually

What does dad snack on as a result of mom's finding a toenail in the cheese board?

Holiday house cheese and mini sausage lifetime supply of processed cheese

How did Uncle Manny win the "friendliest town in America" contest?

He paid the trips $20 to create an algorithm to keep entering him over and over until he won; all 9 of his family members

How does the family catch a shuttle?

They pretend to be a party heading to the Charleston 5 star

Perry's plan to get money for a car rental?

go into the pawn shop and have uncle Manny pretend to be a jewelry evaluator and convince the pawn shop owner that the penny is worth $10,000

What name does uncle Manny go by when he is running the con with the pawn shop owner?

Mr. Simp Noman

What do the trips do to help validate the con in the pawn shop?

Made a website for simp Noman

What year was the penny minted in?

1944

How much money did Perry get for the penny?

9,000

What does Perry choke on at the steakhouse restaurant that allows the family to get the meal for free?

Prime rib

Why does Riley have to go to the dentist?

She has eaten too many apples and apple skin has collected in her gums and become infected; she was eating 7 apples a day

Why are gnats in the hotel suite?

Riley has been hiding apple cores under the bed

Why was Riley eating so many apples from the fancy hotel?

She saw a sign next to the bowl that said "an apple a day keeps the Dr. away

What is the pawnshop owner's name and who is his father?

Seamus Neptune- Sy Neptune, a billionaire

Who bullies Pauly and what does Perry do to get him back?

A boy named Carl who teases him for wetting himself, Perry cons him at the frog/lilypad game and dares him to go in the funhouse that he is afraid of

What does Carl see in the fun house?

Riley covered in a gloomy white robe with only her mouth showing the Trips speaking for her- they tell him he must do the thing he was last mocked for to break the curse of being a baby

What does Carl do to break the curse of being a baby?

Wets himself after shoving an ice cream cone in his face

What does the first Trip say the fortune teller tells him?

He is dependent and he needs to take his own path

What does Perry learn about Tera, the ticket taker?

She is blind and her mother is the fortune teller

What story does Tera tell Perry happened when Tera challenged Carl to a pull up contest the year before?

She began to double the pulls ups he could do, his dad mocked Carl and told him he was weak, nothing more than a baby, and when Carl cried, his dad told him to find his own way home

What really happened between Carl and Tera?

Carl kicked a tent pole and told her she was ugly

What is unique about Silas?

He is a real fortune teller, like his great-great-great grandmother who could predict earthquakes and help people find where to dig wells

Where does the bus from Charleston take Perry and his family?

To Florida

What was the "special day" that Perry's mom was upset that Perry ruined by breaking all his class's pottery projects?

Her last day of cancer treatment

What does Perry's breaking of the pottery projects "do" to Mom? P 106-107

Cause her to say "no more rules" and break all of her ornaments; "being bad is so much better"

What is Dad's plan to get from Florida back to Pittsburg?

Buy a van and drive it back

What does Pauly trade his black spatula for?

A red one that says "Bet Croc"

What does Perry get from the box Ena offers him "for good luck?"

A small piece of wood with an owl's face carved in it

What is the scent of the candle that Perry steals from his mom's gifted pile?

Sea mist

Where does Riley get an ice cream cone when the family is leaving the beach?

Troy family reunion

What is the name of the guard of the RV park Aeaea Island?

Nestor

How many month's rent does the family owe back in Pittsburgh?

Two; they see they have been evicted on the news

What does the news program the family sees in the lobby of the RV park call their family?

The Bad Family; they have also made national news on the Today show

Who goes missing in Florida?

The Trips

What is Sy Neptune offering for people telling him where Perry's family is?

A cash reward; 50,000 find them and a way they broke the law- some way for police to press charges

When did Riley first stop talking?

When mom comes home from the hospital and her teacher notices she is not speaking two weeks later

What happened to the Trips' mom?

She died in childbirth

What does Mirabel the neighbor do when she visits mom when she is sick?

Blows cinnamon inside which she said would bring the family prosperity

What do Pauly, dad, uncle Manny, and Perry find when they get past the fence after the trips go missing?

a tiger enclosure with the tiger holding the blue baseball cap one of the trips had

What does the woman who finds the family looking at the tiger have written on her shirt?

Cindy Cat Sanctuary- Cindy Helios

What happened with Perry played baseball when he was little?

He got hit by the ball and strutted the bases so that the pitcher would not feel bad and the other players would not be afraid; Eustace Tender- Little League Coach

What is Cindy's serval cat's name?

Wendy

What does Cindy say the family can do or she will call the police?

Work for two weeks to pay off their trespassing

What are the boys doing when the security feed shows Cindy and Uncle Manny they are alive?

Working at the sanctuary, raising a barn

Where does Perry hike from the sanctuary each day and what does he find out about the van?

To the only car shop in town; it would cost $300.00 for the battery another 100 or so for labor not counting the cost you towed the van there

What does Perry begin doing at the car shop?

Answering the phone, redesigning the website, and running the cash register

Who comes into the auto mechanic shop looking for the Homer family?

A man and a woman working for Mr. Neptune who says he is going to crush the family

What does Luis give Perry when he asks him to leave?

The $50 bill and business card the man gave him for looking for his family, and he offers him a job in the future

What does Cindy have Perry help her with after the parents tell Cindy about Mr. Neptune finding them?

Help with Stella, feed the tigers

What did Perry do to Anthony phus?

He set his turtle free from the cardboard box the turtle lived in in the basement

Cindy says she is not an animal person. How did she come to acquire so many animals?

Her husband was the one who liked animals. Thought he was powerful and having tigers around would prove it kept buying animals one after another before he knew how to take care of them and then he left. Her choices were to figure out how to take care of them or to abandon them too

Who does Perry call and apologize to and what did he do to that person?

Reverend flannery who he stole communion crackers from and fed to the birds outside

What are the Trips' Real names?

Simon, Sawyer and steve

Who do Perry and Mom catch Riley talking to?

The bobcat kittens and Cindy

What has the trip Steve started to do?

Dress in plain clothes and beginning to grow a beard, adopting Amish customs

Who arrives to the sanctuary in a black Hummer?

Sy Neptune

What does sine Neptune say about Perry and his siblings?

They are truant or close enough plus tipsy plans on calling child protective services to put them in foster care in Perry in a group home

What does Perry trade sign Neptune for in exchange for dropping the grudge against his family?

Stella and he would leave the sanctuary taking Perry with him

What does Sy say he's going to change Stella's name to?

Ruthless; he will make her into a rug when she is no use to him anymore

What did Perry do to Johanna Jeffries?

Kicked her in the shade when she tried to hug him and comfort him when his mom had cancer

How does perry trick Sy and what does he threaten to do?

He records their conversation in Cindy's office and he threatens to post it to social media

What does Cindy tell? Sai about the recording of the sanctuary?

Everything is recorded and they are going to use the footage to start a YouTube channel for the sanctuary to generate a following donations and ad revenue

What is chasing Polly and his spatula as he approaches Psy in the group at Stella's enclosure?

A crocodile wearing a muzzle and a sparkly pink collar with the name fluffy

Where is Steve the trip planning to go?

To live with the Amish people in Ohio or Pennsylvania and to seek a pow wow, someone who does natural medicines, charms and stuff for Mom, me. Bechtel, to help him decide what to do

What does Mr. Bechtel write on the piece of paper but he gives to Steve?

Welcome. He tells him to fold it into a triangle and keep it in his pocket

How will Perry get to Ithaca?

On Sunday morning a delivery truck driver named Irma who is an old friend of Cindy's will take him to Ithaca where Miss Penelope will wait for him

What does Miss Penelope tell Perry's mom?

He has already been awarded the scholarship. The interview is just a formality, but this is a lie

What is wrong with Perry's mom?

Her cancer is back, but it is slow moving and it's something that she might just have to live with

What flies on top of Mr. Bechtel trailer and stairs at Perry?

A great horned owl

Who does Perry write an apology message to?

Mirabelle who he called a witch

What does Cindy give Terry to take to school with them?

A tie-dyed cinch bag with a black and white image of a Bengal tiger with the words Cindy cat sanctuary but Perry's dad and cousins have been designed for merch it has a larger notebook and pins in it to fill fill with people he misses instead of people he owes

What do Mom and name the baby? And what does it have to do with Silas's fortune?

They named her journey and Silas had said beloved journey as part of his fortune to Perry

What does Mr. Denton say Perry does with the pottery projects, he breaks in fourth grade?

He brought all the broken pieces that he sorted for each person and they remade a mosaic together