Trivia Bank Questions
Chapter 1: Slump
1. Why does Evan prefer being in the basement with the lights out?
2. Evan tries to give Jessie the Big Freeze. What the heck is that?
3. What week is it when the story opens (what week of the year)?
4. What was Evan actually doing down there in the basement with the lights off?
5. What object does Evan’s mother try (and fail) to move by herself?
Chapter 2: Breakup
1. What were Evan and Jessie doing when the letter arrived?
2. Who says, “School. Isn’t. Fun.”?
3. What book does Jessie try to read (and fail) to take away her confusion and feelings about Evan?
4. When was the first time Evan said “I hate you” to Jessie?
5. Name one of the three things Jessie will miss by skipping 3rd grade.
Chapter 3: Joint Venture
1. Where is the best place to sell lemonade – the driveway or corner?
2. Who wrote Ten Bright Ideas to Light Up Your Sales?
3. What does Scott want to get with the money they make from the lemonade stand?
4. What does Evan want to buy with the money he might save from the lemonade stand?
5. Evan received ten dollars from his grandmother, for his iPod. What did he spend it on?
6. So, if it costs 50 cents to make a cup of lemonade, and they sell 14 cups at $1 each – how much money
(profit) did Evan and Scott make?
Chapter 4: Partnership
1. How did Evan break the toaster?
2. What is Jessie’s most imaginative evil idea to make Evan feel bad (but one she’ll never do)?
3. What did Evan do when Jessie ate all the Lorna Doones for the Girl Scout meeting?
4. Megan gives Jessie a band bracelet with tiger stripes on it. What’s it for?
5. At first, what does Megan want to do with Jessie’s money (her $4.42)?
6. How much money does Jessie think they’ll make from 3 cans of lemonade?
7. What does Jessie want to buy at 7-Eleven with their earnings from the lemonade stand?
Chapter 5: Competition
1. Evan used ingredients from three different beverages to make his lemonade with Scott. What three
beverages?
2. What is Evan’s nickname for Jessie (the nickname he knows she hates)?
3. Jessie claims she’s going to donate a large portion of her lemonade earnings with Megan to charity. What
charity?
Chapter 6: Underselling
1. As Jessie is thinking about how she doesn’t understand how girls communicate, she remembers the time last
year when some girls in her club formed a club. What was the name of the club?
2. What color do Jessie and Megan paint their toes?
3. What ‘value’ do Jessie and Megan add to their lemonade stand the second day?
Chapter 7: Location, Location, Location
1. What is 53 divided by 3?
2. What is the name of the ice cream store in Evan’s town?
3. How much does a glass of lemonade cost at the Big Dipper?
4. How much does Officer Ken pay for his glass of lemonade?
Chapter 8: Going Global
1. (a hard one) What kind of ice cream do Jessie and Megan eat the same day they franchise their lemonade
stand?
Chapter 9: Negotiation
1. (a hard one) Evan doesn’t like it when Jessie suggests he raise the end of his funnel track to get more loft on
his marble. What does he call her in response?
Chapter 10: Malicious Mischief
1. Evan keeps his money in a cedar wood box in his room. Where did he get the box?
Chapter 11: A Total Loss
1. Where does Jessie hide the key to her lock box?
2. When Evan looks into Jessie’s lock box, he sees all of her dollar bills, with the faces of what three people
(great, dead American leaders) on them?
Chapter 12: Waiting Period
1. Who does Jessie most like going to the beach with?
Chapter 13: Crisis Management
1. How many boys are playing basketball the day Evan’s money gets stolen from his shorts?
Chapter 14: Reconciliation
1. What does Evan say – the “joke” that Jessie would normally laugh at?
2. What does Evan think Scott Spencer is going to do with the money he stole?
3. Complete the three opposite pairs: Fireworks and what? Summer and what?? War and what???