1. Cricket In Times Square
Mrs. Merrimac's
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Cricket In Times Square

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Bellinis
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Chester
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3. Where do the Bellinis work?
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Where do the Bellinis work?
Times Square Subway

4. What does Mama Bellinis think about Chester?
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What does Mama Bellinis think about Chester?
She thinks he is an ugly, dirty insect that carries gerns.

5. Where is the Bellinis newsstand?
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Where is the Bellinis newsstand?
Times Square subway station

6. How does Chester’s “chirping” help the Bellinis?
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How does Chester’s “chirping” help the Bellinis?
It attracts crowds and they buy newspapers.

7. What is Mama Bellinis favorite type of music?
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What is Mama Bellinis favorite type of music?
Opera – especially Italian

8. Why did Mario go to China Town?
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Why did Mario go to China Town?
To buy a cricket cage or to find out what crickets eat.

9. Why is it unusual that Tucker and Harry are friends?
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Why is it unusual that Tucker and Harry are friends?
Mice and cats are usually enemies.

10. How does Chester learn his songs?
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How does Chester learn his songs?
By listening to the radio.

11. What does Tucker use as a pillow when he sleeps in the cricket cage?
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What does Tucker use as a pillow when he sleeps in the cricket cage?
Mama’s earring.

12. What started the fire at the Bellinis’ newsstand?
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What started the fire at the Bellinis’ newsstand?
Tucker was dancing and knocked over a box of matches.

13. What does it mean to scrounge?
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What does it mean to scrounge?
To gather by scavenging or to look through what others have left over.

14. Someone who brings bad luck
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What is a jinx?
Someone who brings bad luck

15. To listen secretly to what others are saying.
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What is eavesdropping?
To listen secretly to what others are saying.

16. Someone who lacks experience or competence; not a professional
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What is an amateur
Someone who lacks experience or competence; not a professional

17. What is an entomologist?
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What is an entomologist?
Someone who studies insects.

18. How did Chester end up in the Times Square subway station?
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How did Chester end up in the Times Square subway station?
He jumped into someone’s picnic basket and was carried on a train.

19. How did Mario find Chester
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How did Mario find Chester
He heard Chester chirping in the corner

20. Why did Mama Bellini think that Chester was a jinx?
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Why did Mama Bellini think that Chester was a jinx?
Mama said he ate the two dollars and started the fire.

21. What two kinds of games did Mario and Chester like to play?
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What two kinds of games did Mario and Chester like to play?
Leap frog and Hide and Seek.

22. How does Chester make music?
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How does Chester make music?
He rubs his wings together causing the ridges to vibrate.

23. How much did Mario pay of the cricket cage?
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How much did Mario pay of the cricket cage?
15 cents

24. How did Tucker mouse get his life savings?
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How did Tucker mouse get his life savings?
He scrounged coins that people had dropped.

25. Why were the Bellinis in danger of going broke?
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Why were the Bellinis in danger of going broke?
The newsstand was not attracting much business so the Bellinis were not making much money.

26. Who helped Chester replace the two dollars that he had eaten?
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Who helped Chester replace the two dollars that he had eaten?
Tucker gave them his savings. He an Harry brought the coins to the newsstand one evening

27. Money for 500
Why did the Bellinis leave the drawer to the cash register open and lock the whole thing with a big wooden cover?
The drawer became stuck once and the family was unable to access the money. This was all the money the family had.