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Al Capone Does My Shirts

Moose

Question: Where did Moose find the message from Al Capone?
Answer: His shirt pocket

Question: When Moose was in Santa Monica, he played what position on the baseball team?
Answer: He played first base.

Question: Piper motions Moose to the back of the room where history books are stacked up. Piper says loudly to Moose, "It's been a hard week, don't you think, Moose? Did you see that shiv?"
What is a "shiv"?
Answer: A shiv is a dagger made of old silverware or carved out of a pot handle. Cons use them to stab others.

Question: Why did Moose have 
to switch baseball games after school from Tuesdays to Mondays? 

Answer: Because Moose's mom was going to teach piano lessons in San Francisco

Question: The warden threatens Moose and the other children that if there are any more shenanigans on the island he would be forced to do what?
Answer: Their fathers would lose their jobs.

Alcatraz Island

Question: What is Convict 105's nickname?
Answer: Onion

Question: Alcatraz Penitentiary was a working prison for how many years?
Answer: 29 years

Question: In May of 1946, two guards were killed and 14 injured. What was the event that caused this tragedy?
Answer: Battle of Alcatraz

Question: Because the cost to live in San Francisco was so expensive, some folks thought this to be a logical reason to live on Alcatraz. What was the reason?
Answer: It was much cheaper to live on Alcatraz Island.

Question: Because of the high cost of living in San Francisco, many people felt the logical reason to live on Alcatraz Island was what?
Answer: It was cheaper to live on Alcatraz Island.

Al Capone

Question: Before coming to Alcatraz Island, Al Capone was a prisoner in this city's prison.
Answer: Atlanta

Question: While a prisoner in Alcatraz, Capone's ID number was?
Answer: AZ 85

Question: How many years was Capone on the island of Alcatraz?
Answer: 4 and 1/2 years

Question: What was Al Capone's first job on the island of Alcatraz?
Answer: Capone operated the mangle in the laundry facility.

Question: What was the crime that Al Capone was sent to prison for?
Answer: Tax Evasion

Piper

Question: How much would it cost you if you wanted to send a shirt through Piper's laundry scheme?
Answer: It would cost you 5 cents.

Question: Which student was unhappy with the laundry service and leaked the scheme to his parent?
Answer: Del was unhappy with the laundry scheme, and when Piper wouldn't give him a refund, he must have told his mother who wrote a letter to the warden.

Question: What was Piper's punishment for the Alcatraz laundry scheme?
Answer: She had to go live with her grandma on Nob Hill (San Francisco).

Question: What does Piper do with the baseball that Moose took from Natalie that Natalie received from #105?  
Answer: She gave it to Scout.  

Question: Why did Piper not enjoy her two months at Grandma's house in San Francisco?  
Answer: She was crabby and boiled everything - boiled turnips, boiled cabbage, even boiled hamburger.

Natalie

Question: What are two of Natalie's favorite items?
Answer: Her button box and lemon cake

Question: Natalie is an early riser.  Why does she get up so early?
Answer: Natalie watches the sunrise.

Question: What age does Mrs. Flanagan keep Natalie at until the end of the story?  
Answer: "10"

Question: When Moose sees Natalie with 105, he is very upset.  He tells Piper that Natalie hates doing this.  What is Natalie doing that she hates to do?  
Answer: Hold Hands

Question: Natalie told a joke at the Esther P. Marinoff.  Her joke was:  "Why did the chicken cross the road?"
Answer: Because one of his buttons rolled to the other side.