The Luck of the Buttons Flashcards
(36 cards)
Who invited Tugs to a birthday party when they saw each other at Ward’s Ben Franklin?
Aggie Millhouse
What event did Aggie suggest she and Tugs enter on Independence Day?
The 3-legged race
What food did the Button family seem to serve whenever there was trouble, death, or illness in the family?
Pie
Why did Aunt Mina bring Butter Up Pie to Tugs’s house?
Because Granny was coming to live at Tugs’s house.
Who did Tugs enter the 3-legged race with, year after year?
Cousin Ned
Who figured out why the car stopped running, as they were bringing Granny home?
Tugs
Why did the car stop running, on the way home with Granny?
The car ran out of gas.
In what clothes was Tugs most comfortable?
Cover-alls
What gift did Tugs make for Aggie’s birthday?
a jumprope
What business did Harvey say he was going to start in Goodhue?
a newspaper
How did Aggie’s birthday cake compare to the cakes Tugs’s mother makes?
Pretty dry and not as good p. 36
What prevented Tugs from playing the beanbag toss at Addie’s party?
Tugs gave her beanbag to Mary Alice because, Tugs had knocked the beanbag out of Mary Alice’s hand. Aggie’s dog, Mittens, stole the beanbag and ran. Tugs chased Mitten. Mitten had ruined Mary Alice’s beanbag, so Tugs gave hers to Mary Alice.
Who did Tugs run in to as she chased Mitten and the beanbag?
The Rowdies.
What did Tugs do with the birthday gift she brought for Aggie?
She threw it in the bushes.
What book did Tugs like to read when she visited the library?
the dictionary
What project did Miss Lucy, the librarian, ask Tugs to work on in her office?
An Independence Day patriotic essay.
What did Tugs see in Miss Lucy’s office that inspired her to write about Herbert Hoover?
She saw a portrait of President Herbert Hoover p 46
Where did Tugs put her patriotic essay?
in the trash p 46
Why did Aggie sneak over to Tugs’s house, when she was supposed to be practicing piano?
To practice for the 3-legged race p 50
Why did Aggie think she and Tugs would be able to win the three-legged race?
because their legs were the same length and they were the same height p 50
How are Tugs’s feelings about Harvey Moore different from everyone else’s feelings about him?
She thinks there is something fishy about him. p. 58
What did Tugs do with Grandaddy Ike every Wednesday?
She walked with him to the Luncheonette so he could play checkers, and made sure he didn’t gamble away anything important. p60
What prize would the winner of the penny raffle win?
a Brownie camera p 66
Tugs had 5 pennies. Why did she give them to Granddaddy instead of buying 5 penny raffle tickets?
So he could play checkers and trade them.
