Uglies Chapters 41-50 Flashcards
(39 cards)
What delays David and Tally for three days?
a hurricane
Why is David worried that they won’t arrive in time to save his parents?
Each day the hurricane delayed them, he’s concerned that his parents have already had the reversal Pretty surgery
How are the Rusty Ruins not as scary to Tally as they were just a month before?
They seem to have shrunk
David is convinced Shay will forgive Tally. Why does Tally know that won’t happen?
Tally knows that Shay has already guessed that Tally has betrayed The Smoke
How do Tally and David plan to break into Special Circumstances Headquarters?
David says they can ride their hoverboards from the bottom of the hill, “zoom up at maximum speed, then jump off from about” a certain spot. Tally says they can do it safely if they have bungee jackets.
Where are David and Tally going to find bungee jackets?
Uglyville Art School
How long has it been since the invasion of The Smoke?
Two weeks
How did Sussy, An, and Dex learn about The Smoke?
They had heard rumors about The Smoke for years, since an Ugly in their dorm had run away.
Why doesn’t Tally want to admit that The Smoke has been destroyed?
She doesn’t want the truth of the invasion to get out, because Dr. Cable’s “work” would be complete, even if another Smoke community was created. She decides to tell them that it doesn’t actually exist because it has to stay secret.
What do David and Tally want the three new Uglies to do?
Make a diversion so David and Tally can get into Special Circumstances Headquarters
What words do the hundreds of sparklers form?
THE SMOKE LIVES
How is this fall in the bungee jacket different for Tally than the time she jumped from the party tower in New Pretty Town?
She knew what to expect, and she wasn’t escaping from the tower, but breaking into it.
Why does David not want to check the morgue?
He doesn’t want to find his parents there.
Why do the names on the door convince Tally that the Smokies must be on the bottom floor of Special Circumstances Headquarters?
Because both David and Tally figure that Dr. Cable would put her prisoners on the bottom floor, in the dungeon.
Why does Tally tell David to avoid the eye reader?
Because if it thinks it sees an eye, it will read your iris and then check with the big computer.
What does David do to Dr. Cable?
He hits her in the head with his powerjack
What happened to Shay?
She had been given the Pretty operation
Why was Shay forced to have the Pretty operation?
She was being the most trouble, “kicking and biting,” according to Shay
What has the operation done to Shay’s mind?
She says that she’s relieved, and that she likes it in New Pretty Town
Who is rescued by David and Tally?
Maddy, David’s mother, and Croy
What happened to Az, David’s father?
The Specials killed him
What does Maddy ask Tally to do in order to throw the Specials off their trail?
Drop a piece of her jumpsuit’s fabric, which has a tracker in it, to throw the Specials off their trail
Why has Shay forgiven Tally?
She doesn’t realize that the surgery has caused her to have brain damage, and she thinks that her life now is better than what she lived in The Smoke
Why is Tally crying at the end of this chapter?
Because she feels badly about having betrayed The Smoke, and she feels as if she has ruined Shay’s dream.
