The Million Dollar Shot

Characters
The Million Dollar Shot
By: Dan Gutman
• Eddie Ball - fifth grade boy, who likes to play basketball, won the
contest and one million dollars.
• Ty Wegner - Eddie’s friend
• Annie Stokely - Eddies friend, shaves her head, good at basketball
• Mrs. Ball - Eddie’s mom, works for Finkle Foods, gets laid off
• Mr. Stokely - Annie’s father, also works for Finkle Foods, Gets fired
• George Finkle - owner of Finkle Foods, enormously fat.
• Mr. Otto - Mr. Finkle’s assistant
Questions
1. What does Eddie call Annie? Annie Oakley
2. What game do Eddie and Annie play when they first meet? HORSE
3. What is the name of the town they live in? Jackson
4. Where do Eddie’s and Annie’s parents work? Finkle Foods
5. Why couldn’t Eddie enter the contest? His mom worked at Finkle
6. What snack did Eddie’s mom invent? Air Crunchies
7. What did Mr. Otto say about Eddie’s poem? It sounded so American
and British
8. What was Eddie’s good luck charm? A Susan B. Anthony silver dollar
9. Who told Eddie that he won? Mr. Otto
10. What was Eddie supposed to think? Nothing
11. How much bigger was the rim than the ball? Twice the size
12. What was Eddie supposed to look at? The inflation hole
13. How many foul shots was he supposed to do in a day? 500
14. What does Annie like to read? Poetry
15. What is the Finkle slogan? Don’t be a fink have a Finkle
16. What did Mr. Finkle give Eddie? Sweater that said Finkle on it
17. What disease did Finkles cause? Cancer
18. What did Mr. Finkle want Eddie to do? Miss the shot
19. What would Mr. Finkle give Eddie and his mom if he missed the shot?
He’d give Eddie money for college and g 00ive his mom her job
back.
20. What strange things happened to Eddie after he declined Mr. Finkle’s
offer? He got a bunch of prank calls and letters
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The Million Dollar Shot
By: Dan Gutman
21. What did someone do to the rim at the trailer park? Raised it
22. What did Mr. Stokely say an Achilles heel is? A weakness
23. Who were the two teams that made it to the finals? The Los Angeles
Lakers and the New York Knicks
24. How much were Ty and Johnny paid to send the letters? 10 dollars
25. Who paid them? Mr. Otto
26. What did Eddie and Annie think was cool about the hotel they stayed
in? It was huge and the elevators hung on the side of the building
27. Why couldn’t they go to the Empire State Building? Because Mr.
Finkle might have Eddie thrown off it.
28. What was the coolest thing about the hotel? They could order any
food they want at any time
29. What did Annie find when Eddie was practicing? Mr. Stokely and Mrs.
Ball kissing
30. Why was Eddie angry at Mr. Stokely? Because he didn’t want anyone
replacing his dad.
31. What did Annie tell Eddie to do? Switch his good luck charm to his
front pocket
32. What did Eddie ask Juke Masters? If he could have his autograph
33. How old was the kid in the private box? Six or seven
34. What did Eddie want Annie to do? Take the shot
35. What did Eddie do right before he took the shot? Closed his eyes
36. What did the ball do after he shot it? It started rolling around the
rim
37. Did Eddie make the shot? Yes
38. How big was the million dollar check? As big as a garage door
39. Who won the game? The Knicks
40. What did they do after the game? Went to the Empire State Building
41. What did they do with the million dollars? Bought Finkle Foods.
42. What did Eddie’s mom do for the company? She was the company chef
43. What did Mr. Stokely do for the company? He was the Chief
Operating Officer
44. What did Annie do for the company? She was in charge of the
advertisement
45. What did the Finkle factory make now? Air Crunchies
46. What was the slogan for their company? How could the Pilgrims ever
be contented, when Air Ball Crunchies had not been invented?
47. What was the name of the company? The Air Ball Company
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