2. * Nehi * Soap * Wabash Railroad * Phantom Brakeman * Skipper the puppy * The Haunted Tibber * The Roosevelts

3. St. Louis Missouri on the border of Illinois. In 1933 during the Great Depression. A not so sleepy town.

4. Vandalia Eubanks and Junior want to get married but Miz Eubanks and Mr. and Mrs. Stubbs don’t want them to. Mary Alice hides Vandalia in her room and names her Skipper the puppy.

5. Joey dressed up as the Phantom Brakeman a mile out of the Wabash Railroad to stop the train to delay it and when the train stopped the young couple could get on.

6. The character in the story is Grandma. She is creative and an extraordinary person to read and learn about. She tells lies for the better, and helps a young couple escape from their parents.