Cosmic Kicks: Saving Star City — Questions and answers
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What was Flicker doing in the Whispering Woods?
Choices
- A. Flipping pages of a book and mumbling. ✓
- B. Chasing squirrels and badgers.
- C. Building a new industry.
- D. Wearing tiny spectacles on his nose.
Answer: A. Flipping pages of a book and mumbling.
From page 1
Why did Comet need help from Flicker?
Choices
- A. Her spaceship broke down.
- B. She lost her Galaxy Games medal.
- C. The Cosmo-Boosters were stolen, and Star City's shield was in danger. ✓
- D. She wanted to read Flicker's book.
Answer: C. The Cosmo-Boosters were stolen, and Star City's shield was in danger.
From page 3
According to Professor Bramble, what powers the Cosmo-Boosters?
Choices
- A. Star City's energy.
- B. Pure belief. ✓
- C. Ancient artifacts.
- D. Comet's anger.
Answer: B. Pure belief.
From page 4
Why was Flicker unsure about trusting Willow?
Choices
- A. She had never been to the woods before.
- B. She had stolen his nuts in the past. ✓
- C. She didn't know the way to the secret vault.
- D. Comet didn't like her.
Answer: B. She had stolen his nuts in the past.
From page 6
Where did Willow say the Syndicate's vault was hidden?
Choices
- A. In the Whispering Woods.
- B. Beyond the Howling Falls. ✓
- C. Inside a menacing tree.
- D. In Star City.
Answer: B. Beyond the Howling Falls.
From page 7
What did Flicker remember when Comet's energy blasts didn't work on the Golems?
Choices
- A. That he was hungry for nuts.
- B. Professor Bramble saying the Boosters were powered by belief. ✓
- C. That he needed to read more chapters of Cosmic Kicks.
- D. To run away from the Golems.
Answer: B. Professor Bramble saying the Boosters were powered by belief.
From page 9
What happened to Comet's Cosmo-Boosters after Flicker focused on belief?
Choices
- A. They fell off her feet.
- B. They glowed with unimaginable power. ✓
- C. They became invisible.
- D. They made her trip and fall.
Answer: B. They glowed with unimaginable power.
From page 10
How did Willow feel when she saw how powerful the Golems were?
Choices
- A. Excited and happy.
- B. Surprised and shamefaced. ✓
- C. Angry at the Syndicate.
- D. Confident and proud.
Answer: B. Surprised and shamefaced.
From page 11
What important lesson did Flicker try to teach Willow by quoting Shakespeare?
Choices
- A. It's important to read old books.
- B. Everyone makes mistakes and should own up to them. ✓
- C. Stars are more important than people.
- D. Getting back to Star City is the most important thing.
Answer: B. Everyone makes mistakes and should own up to them.
From page 12
What was happening to Star City's energy shield?
Choices
- A. It was getting stronger and brighter.
- B. It was flickering dangerously and losing power. ✓
- C. It was expanding to cover more area.
- D. It was attracting cosmic storms.
Answer: B. It was flickering dangerously and losing power.
From page 13
Why didn't the Cosmo-Boosters work right away when Comet attached them?
Choices
- A. They were broken from the fight.
- B. Comet didn't attach them correctly.
- C. The city's inhabitants had lost faith. ✓
- D. They needed more time to charge.
Answer: C. The city's inhabitants had lost faith.
From page 14
What did Willow do to try and help save Star City?
Choices
- A. She ran away from the problem.
- B. She shouted for everyone to believe into a microphone. ✓
- C. She tried to fix the energy core herself.
- D. She apologized to Flicker.
Answer: B. She shouted for everyone to believe into a microphone.
From page 15
What happened after the city's inhabitants started to believe again?
Choices
- A. The cosmic storms got stronger.
- B. The Cosmo-Boosters surged with power and the shield came back to life. ✓
- C. Star City floated away.
- D. Everyone went to sleep.
Answer: B. The Cosmo-Boosters surged with power and the shield came back to life.
From page 16
What did Professor Bramble suggest Flicker might do someday?
Choices
- A. Become a Star Runner.
- B. Write his own chapter in Cosmic Kicks. ✓
- C. Wear spectacles like him.
- D. Fight more Golems.
Answer: B. Write his own chapter in Cosmic Kicks.
From page 18
What did Comet do after Star City was safe?
Choices
- A. She started reading books with Flicker.
- B. She flew back to her shuttle for the Galaxy Games. ✓
- C. She stayed to live in Star City.
- D. She became a professor.
Answer: B. She flew back to her shuttle for the Galaxy Games.
From page 19
What did Flicker and Willow plan to explore next?
Choices
- A. More about the Shadow Syndicate.
- B. How gravity works on the moon. ✓
- C. Who Comet's next opponent would be.
- D. What other ancient artifacts were hidden.
Answer: B. How gravity works on the moon.
From page 20