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Answers to Quiz #1 Beginner's Luck
1. He was born with a club foot. See Chapter 1, page 5: "It didn't look like a club; after all, the foot was still there-it was just pointed and turned in, pigeon-toed like. It didn't lie flat, so Charlie had to walk on his heel."
2. Brigus, Newfoundland. See Chapter 1, page 3: "It was a busy place, Brigus."
3. To go sealing. See Chapter 8, page 80: "Go to the ice. Go to the ice. I'm sick to death of hearing about it. Do you know what it really means? […] My father was a sealer, and all my brothers. And before he became a captain, your father sealed just like his brothers, and your grandfather, too. And I can tell you this, it's a hard life."
4. They wanted him finish high school in St. John's and then go on to university. See Chapter 8, page 89: " 'Charlie, Aunt Maude has come to make you a generous offer,' his father spoke gently. 'She would like you to go back with her and finish high school in St. John's.' "
5. Nurse Lily MacKenzie. See Chapter 5, page 42: "Nurse Mac (her real name was Nurse MacKenzie) was efficient about it. 'Lift,' she said, nicely though, as nicely as you can when collecting pisspots from under bums.' "
6. He was hit by a streetcar. See Chapter 5, page 44: "People say to me, 'So how did you lose your legs?' Like my legs were umbrellas and I left them on a streetcar. I didn't leave them on a streetcar, I left them under a streetcar." See also Chapter 7, page 77.
7. Cards or drawing pictures. See Chapter 5, page 43: "Davy might not have had any legs but he was good at cards. Had to be, so he said, nothing else to do except maybe scribble and draw pictures." Also, see Chapter 7, page 77: "Gently Charlie unrolled the scroll. It was a drawing of Mac! And not any old drawing either. A beautiful pencil drawing, and it looked just like her. 'Davy, you're an artist.' Charlie was astonished."
8. A new pair of legs. See Chapter 6, page 63: " 'Humm. What would I wish for? New legs maybe. OK, let's see, Stars so light, stars so bright, all the stars I see tonight, I wish I may, I wish I might … get a new pair of legs. There, let's see if my wish comes true.' "
9. Claire brought it back. See Chapter 8, page 92:
And then Charlie knew.
"It was you!"
"Me what?"
"You got the glass down. You went up Grave Hill and got it. You brought it here!"
"It took you long enough."
Charlie looked at Claire, looked real hard.
10. His mother. See Chapter 21, page 206.
11. Charlie gave her his ticket home. See Chapter 21, page 208: " 'She is going home. I had a ticket. I gave it to her.' "
Answers to Quiz #2 Charlie Champs
1. Captain Robert (Bob) Barlett. See Chapter 1, page 5: "But Charlie wanted to sail with Captain Robert Bartlett himself no less."
2. To prevent bullets and bombs from funnelling straight down the line. See Chapter 19, page 174: "The trench zigzagged this way and that. It was made that way so if a bomb dropped in, it wouldn't blast straight down the line. And if Fritz jumped in with a machine gun, he couldn't kill off the whole platoon in one spurt of fire."
3. In World War I it was where the wounded were sorted out. See Chapter 15, page 139: " 'My name is Charlie Wilcox, ma'am. And a dressing station is where you sort out the wounded.' "
4. RAP - Regional Aid Post; APS - Advanced Dressing Station; FDS - Field Dressing Station. See Chapter 18, page 163: "The wounded had their own gauntlet to go through before they could lay down their heads on a proper hospital pillow. Those wounded soldiers who made it back to the trench would be treated by the RAP (Regional Aid Post) where they were given the most basic care. Then it was off to an APS (Advanced Dressing Station). Here the wounded would be sorted out-who would die, who needed stabilizing, who could be patched up and sent back. […] Next stop was the FDS (Field Dressing Station). Here dressings were changed, bleeding stopped, broken limbs splintered, shrapnel removed from wounds. All this was done without anesthetic."
5. c) Someone with a deep cut. He would be called a walking wounded. The soldier who was sure to die probably received the least medical treatment. See Chapter 18, page 163: "The walking wounded got the attention first. If they would walk, hobble even, they were patched up and sent back to the front."
6. The Battle of the Somme, Beaumont Hamel sector, July 1, 1916. See Postscript, page 219.
7. Communications. See Chapter 19, page 176: " 'What's a dog doing here?' Charlie yelled this time. 'It's on a mission,' yelled back the stretcher-bearer between bites and puffs. 'Taking communications back and forth, maybe.' "
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