Heroes

Question 1

What is the main character’s name?

Answer 1

Frank McCoy

Question 2

Who is Frank’s best friend?

Answer 2

Stanley Summers

Question 3

What is Frank and Stanley’s hobby?

Answer 3

Drawing comics

Question 4

What is Frank’s dad’s job?

Answer 4

He’s a Navy pilot

Question 5

What is Frank afraid of?

Answer 5

Pretty much everything

Question 6

Who are the bullies?

Answer 6

Arthur Edwards and Johnny Ross

Question 7

Who is Ginny?

Answer 7

Frank’s older sister

Question 8

Who is Ginny’s boyfriend?

Answer 8

Brooks Leonard

Question 9

Where does Frank live?

Answer 9

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Question 10

What truck were Frank and Stanley under?

Answer 10

Gasoline truck

Question 11

Who attacked first at Pearl Harbor?

Answer 11

Japan

Question 12

What job does Brooks Leonard have?

Answer 12

A sailor in the Navy on USS Utah

Question 13

What ship were Frank and Brooks on?

Answer 13

The Utah

Question 14

When was the attack on Pearl Harbor?

Answer 14

December 7, 1941

Question 15

What saying does Frank’s dad whisper to him?

Answer 15

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
“You’re braver than you think, Frank McCoy.”

Question 16

What do the kids call the old First World War army bunker?

Answer 16

The dungeon

Question 17

What does each boy do when creating their superhero story?

Answer 17

Frank is the writer and Stanley is the illustrator

Question 18

What was the first name used for Frank and Stanley’s superhero?

Answer 18

Warhawk

Question 19

Describe what Frank looks like

Answer 19

White with blue eyes and wavy light brown hair

Question 20

Describe what Stanley looks like

Answer 20

Tan skin with dark brown eyes and straight black hair

Question 21

What nationality is Stanleys mom?

Answer 21

Japanese American

Question 22

Which countries made up the Axis power?

Answer 22

Germany, Italy, and Japan

Question 23

Why was the US called the “Arsenal of democracy”?

Answer 23

Before the US entered the war they made ships, planes, tanks, and guns to help the allies

Question 24

What do the boys change their superheros name to?

Answer 24

Arsenal of democracy, arsenal for short

Question 25

What Hawaiian Island is Pearl Harbor on?

Answer 25

The Island of Oahu

Question 26

When had Frank and his family arrived in Oahu?

Answer 26

A year beforehand

Question 27

Where do the boys live?

Answer 27

Ford Island, a small island in the middle of Pearl Harbor

Question 28

Where do Frank and Stanley's dads work?

Answer 28

Ford Island Naval Air Station

Question 29

What grade are Arthur and Johnny in?

Answer 29

Ninth grade

Question 30

How did Frank become more popular at school?

Answer 30

He got bigger and stronger which helped him get better at sports

Question 31

Why were Arthur and Johnny picking on Charlie?

Answer 31

Arthur said that Charlie stole his bike, even though it was Charlie's bike

Question 32

What did all the Navy families call Mrs. McCoy?

Answer 32

Commodore McCory because she always took charge in any situation

Question 33

What is Stanley's moms name?

Answer 33

Mitsuko Summers

Question 34

What does Stanley's dad do at the air station?

Answer 34

Flight crew chief, he fixed and maintained the planes for the pilots

Question 35

What does Brooks say when asked what he thinks about the war?

Answer 35

He just wants to finish his tour and come home to play baseball

Question 36

What were most of the battleships named after?

Answer 36

States and cities in the United States

Question 37

What is the name of the hospital ship?

Answer 37

Solace

Question 38

Why was Stanley so excited to visit the Utah on a Sunday afternoon?

Answer 38

It meant he didn't have to go to Japanese school

Question 39

How long and how much does the Utah weight?

Answer 39

The Utah weights more than thirty thousand tons and is about one and a half football fields long

Question 40

At first what did the sailors think was happening during the attack?

Answer 40

They thought it was a drill they call maneuvers

Question 41

What did Frank say he saw on one of the planes?

Answer 41

He saw a meatball, what he really saw was the Japanese flag

Question 42

What did the sailor mean when he yelled fish?

Answer 42

It was torpedoes coming for them

Question 43

Where did the boys hide when the shooting started?

Answer 43

Behind big stacks of timber

Question 44

What was the Japanese fighter plane that Frank spotted called?

Answer 44

Zero

Question 45

What did the sailor mean when he said "three hots and a cot"?

Answer 45

He joined the Navy because they promised him three hot meals a day and a cot to sleep on

Question 46

What kept the Utah from capsizing at first?

Answer 46

The hawsers, ropes that held the ship to the harbor

Question 47

What did Brooks, Frank, and Stanley have to do to get off the sinking Utah?

Answer 47

Slide down the ships belly as it rolled over

Question 48

When trying to get off the ship what did Frank and Stanley hear?

Answer 48

They heard noises coming from inside the ship, it was morse code, an sos

Question 49

Where did the boys learn morse code?

Answer 49

From their Sentinels of Liberty kits they got from their Captain America comic books

Question 50

What was Stanleys plan to get the sailors out of the capsized boat?

Answer 50

Slice through the steel with flames

Question 51

Who did the boys find lifeless in the water?

Answer 51

Brooks

Question 52

When the Japanese tail gunner looked at Stanley and Frank what do they think he did?

Answer 52

Smiled and waved at them

Question 53

Once the boys got to dry land where did they hide from the Japanese bombers?

Answer 53

Under the koa trees

Question 54

What does koa mean in Hawaiian?

Answer 54

Brave

Question 55

Why did Frank start taking advanced swimming lessons?

Answer 55

Just in case he got lost at sea and had to swim to shore

Question 56

Why is Frank afraid of flip-flops?

Answer 56

No protections for your toes and you can't run in them

Question 57

What was "The Incident"?

Answer 57

He was mauled by a big dog while trying to save another dog from an attack

Question 58

What started dripping on the boys as they were hiding under the maintenance vehicle?

Answer 58

Gasoline

Question 59

Why were there no American planes fighting back during the attack?

Answer 59

The commanding officer had told the soldiers to hide the planes in the hanger. Most of them weren't flight ready yet

Question 60

Why were things going to be different for Mrs. Summers and Stanley?

Answer 60

Mrs. Summers is Japanese and Stanley is half Japanese

Question 61

What was Mrs. Summers trying to bury?

Answer 61

All of her Japanese heirlooms

Question 62

What was causing multiple explosions while the boys were trying to get Mrs. Summers to the dungeon?

Answer 62

A bomb hit the USS Arizona ammunition room