Name of This Book Is Secret, The by Pseudonymous Bosch
What did the note Luciano left for the magician (in the circus ashes) say?
"HELP" written in a code they invented for the symphony of smell
What does the plaque in the rosewood box say?
"The Symphony of Smells"
What does Cass slip into Mrs. Johnson's window?
A ransom note for Benjamin Blake signed by "Dr. L and Ms. Movay" (and written by Cass)
Why does Cass tell Max-Ernest that she doesn't want to be collaborators anymore?
Because Max-Ernest told his doctor that Cass's dad was struck by lightening
Why did the magician write the notebook?
Because his life was in danger
Why are the police and the fire department at Cass's school?
Benjamin Blake is missing
Who is Sebastian?
Cass's grandfather's basset hound who is blind and nearly deaf because he's really old
How does Ms. Mauvais know it was Cass calling and not a Skelton Sister?
Cass's number popped up on the caller ID
Who is Owen?
Cass's personal bather while at the Midnight Sun
What is the "name" of the main female character?
Cassandra - Cass
Who is Cass's limo driver that takes her to the Midnight Sun Spa and Sensorium?
Daisy
Who does Cass see at the Midnight Sun Spa and Sensorium?
Gloria - the real estate agent
Who are the only two people in the world who listen to Cass's predictions?
Grandpa Larry and Grandpa Wayne
How does Grandpa Larry apologize for accusing Cass of stealing the Symphony of Smells?
He gives her chocolate chip cookies and milk
Why does Max-Ernest have two names?
He was born 6 weeks early and so his parents hadn't picked a name for him yet. They argued and settled on using the names they both liked.
Where does Cass find information about the Midnight Sun Spa and Sensorium?
Her mother's travel books
What happened to the circus after the magician left?
It was burnt down, leaving a smell of rotten eggs/sulphur behind
How does Cass know Grandpa Wayne and Grandpa Larry?
Larry has been Cass's mother's history teacher in high school and they remained friends ever since
What was the magician's brother's name?
Luciano
How did Cass and Max-Ernest get into the secret room at the magicians?
Max-Ernest flushed the toilet
What is Cass's mother's name?
Melanie (she goes by Mel)
Who are the "stricking couple"?
Mr. L and Ms. Mauvais - they claim to be newly married
Who is the Golden Lady?
Ms. Mauvais
Why do Cass and Max-Ernest get locked up?
Ms. Mauvais thinks they are hiding the end of the notebook from her
Who helps free Max-Ernest and Cass?
Owen
Who saves Cass and Max-Ernest and Ben once the Pyramid is on fire?
Owen
What is the magician's name?
Pietro Bergamo
How does Cass get into the Midnight Spa and Sensorium?
She pretends to be a Skelton Sister
How does Cass get away from her grandpas?
She takes a walk while they are taking inventory
What does the Midnight Sun Spa and Sensorium look like?
Temples from Egypt's middle kingdom - a temple to the Egyptian god Thoth
What did Max-Ernest tell his doctor about Cass that upset Cass?
That Cass's father was struck by lightening
What does Max think about the magician because he has a weird way of writing?
That he is foreign
What does the clue "the underneath" really mean?
That the magician's story was written on the reverse side of the notebook pages - underneath them
What is the first lie Cass tells her mom?
That they don't have plates in Thailand
What was the name on Ms. Mauvais's limousine?
The Midnight Sun Sensorium and Spa
What happened to Luciano Bergamo?
The circus's ringmaster sold him to the Golden Lady
What does Benjamin Blake have?
The confusion of the senses, synesthetic
What is Ms. Mauvais's spa really?
The home of one of the oldest and most powerul groups of alchemists in the world - the Masters of the Midnight Sun
What happened when Pietro and Luciano went to meet their mother's cousin in Kansas City?
They accidentally got off the train in Topeka and then saw a circus and tried to stea something - the ringmaster mad them work for him
Why are Ms. Mauvais and Dr. L at Cass's school talking to Ms. Johnson?
They claim that they are asking about sending their son to the school, but really they are stealing Ben
How do Grandpa Larry and Grandpa Wayne keep Cass "on a tight leash" while her mom goes to Hawaii?
They drag her around everywhere they go - flea markets, swap meets, garage sales, and autoparts junkyards
How do Cass and Max-Ernest interrupt the brain operation on Ben?
They drop vials from the symphony of smells to smell H-E-L-P in the cod or Luciano and Pietro
What does Ms. Mauvais's hand look like when she takes off her glove?
Thin frail fingers with cracked yellow nails and translucent skin - the hand of an old woman
What word is the answer to the riddle Cass and Max-Ernest have to solve in order to get into the pyramid?
Thoth
What does Dr. L have on his neck?
a birthmark shaped like a crescent moon - it is how Cass knows he is Luciano Bergamo
What do the grandpas and Cass find in the box that Gloria gives them from the magician's house?
a box made of rosewood with 99 crystal vials in it
Who is Benjamin Blake?
a boy in Cass and Max-Ernest's class who won a young Leonardos constest for his paintings
Why did Luciano and Pietro leave their parents in Italy?
a dictator (Benito Mussolini) came to power in Italy and their parents were being watched
What does Ms. Mauvais's office look like?
a hall of mirrors
What are Mr. L and Ms. Mauvais looking for?
a leather notebook that belonged to the magicians
Who is Olivia Fortune?
a small round woman who is a real estate agent for the dead (she sells people's houses when they die
What do Dr. L and Ms. Mauvais plan to do to Ben and why?
a spinal tap thorugh the nose - it will cause Ben to become brain dead, but it will give them everlasting life
What habid does Grandpa Larry have?
a tea habit - he picked it up while he was in the armn and spent time in England
What do Cass and Max-Ernest find in Ms. Mauvais's office?
a wig and the symphony of smells as well as files of children who were prodigies and were deceased
How do Max-Ernest and Cass discover the clue to the rhyme in the professor's notebook?
all of the capitalized words are anagrams except "THEN UNREAD" which they figure out is the clue "underneath"
Who is Max-Ernest?
an 11-year-old aspirking stand-up comedian
What did Pietro and Luciano's dad give them as a parting gift?
an old book of magic tricks
Where do Larry and Wayne live?
around the corner from Cass in an old abandoned fire station
How did Luciano and the magician communicate when they worked for the circus?
colored scarves and then eventually "smell signals"
What feature of Max-Ernest's stands out the most?
each hair stands up on end as though he were a cartoon character who just stuck his finger in an electrical outlet
What does Cass always predict?
earthquakes, hurricanes, plauges - she sees evidence of terrible things everywhere
What kind of twins were Luciano and Pietro?
fraternal
What does Ms. Mauvais always wear?
gloves
What happened to Cass's dad?
he was electrocuted while camping
What does Ms. Mauvais offer to have Dr. L fix for Cass?
her ears - Dr. L is a gifted plastic surgeon
How did the magician die?
in a fire started mysteriously
What does Cass make Ben think of?
mint chocolate chip ice cream
What unique characteristic does Cass have?
pointy ears
What did Gloria say that the magician's house smelled like?
rotten eggs
Who gave the Bergamo brothers the "symphony of smells"?
the blonde woman they refer to as the Golden Lady
Where is Cass's mom going for work?
the insurance company she works for is sending her to Honolulu, Hawaii for a conference
What is Cass's mother's hobby?
traveling - but she doesn't go places, she just collects books on them
Where is the majority of the magician's house located?
underground
