| 1. | Who is Vincenzo Perugia? Why haven’t you ever heard of him? Why was everyone fascinated by the place where the Mona Lisa used to be? |
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| 2. | What kinds of things does Dylan’s dad fix? How does he fix them? |
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| 3. | What is the petrol log? What is petrol? |
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| 4. | Who is Daft Tom, and how did everyone know he was the one robbing the Snowdonia Oasis Auto Marvel? |
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| 5. | What is Daft Tom obsessed with? What do you know about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? |
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| 6. | Who are the Misses Sellwood, and why is there very little business at the petrol station on Wednesdays? |
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| 7. | How did Dylan become the very last boy in Manod? |
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| 8. | What did Team Hughes try to keep the Snowdonia Oasis Auto Marvel open? |
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| 9. | Three vehicles went up the mountain road after dark—what were they doing? |
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| 10. | What did Dylan and Tom name the chickens? Why? |
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| 11. | Why are the best bits between the lines? |
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| 12. | Who is Mr. Lester, and what does he want with the Snowdonia Oasis Auto Marvel? |
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| 13. | Why did Mr. Arthur the newspaper man want to interview Dylan for the paper? |
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| 14. | Were there words in this book you didn’t know? What do you think they meant? |
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| 15. | What is the Technodrome? |
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| 16. | Why did the 23 vans go up the mountain? Why are the paintings in the mountain? |
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| 17. | What was in the crates Mr. Lester brought up the mountain, and why did he want Dylan to see them? Why can’t he tell anyone about the paintings? |
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| 18. | What is unusual about the Manchester Madonna? What is the paint made of? |
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| 19. | What was Mr. Lester’s big misunderstanding? Why does he think Dylan is interested in art? |
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| 20. | What happened to the Mini Cooper? |
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| 21. | Why did Dylan’s dad leave? |
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| 22. | How did Dylan and his sisters plan to make money to save the garage and bring their dad home? Did it work? |
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| 23. | How did seeing the Melendez still life affect Tom? How did his fascination with still life change Manod? |
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| 24. | How are paintings like mutagen? |
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| 25. | What makes something a work of art? Are the paintings in boxes still works of art, if no one can see them? Why or why not? |
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| 26. | Why is an umbrella like a party on a stick? |
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| 27. | Why does Mr. Davis think the paintings in the quarry have something to do with King Arthur? Do paintings have power? |
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| 28. | How did Dylan and his sisters accidentally steal the painting from the trunk of Lester’s car? |
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| 29. | What is a diptych? Who is in the Wilton diptych, and how do we know who is whom? |
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| 30. | How did Manod finally get a sign on the A496? |
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| 31. | Why did Mr. Davis take a chainsaw to Elvis? How did Monet’s Bathers at La Grenouilliere inspire Mr. Davis and change Manod? |
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| 32. | Where did Dylan find the missing Mini Cooper S (racing red)? Who put it there? |
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| 33. | When Dylan looked at his dad’s departure from a new angle, what did he see and why did it upset him so much? |
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| 34. | Why was calling Barry and Tone from the insurance company a huge mistake? |
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| 35. | Who hatched the plan to steal a painting to save the garage? How did they plan to replace the original? |
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| 36. | Was Mr. Lester disappointed when he found out that Dylan’s chickens were named after Turtles instead of Renaissance painters? Why or why not? |
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| 37. | How did Minnie fool the guards the night of the art heist? |
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| 38. | How did Lester know that Dylan, Minnie and Tom were responsible for the art heist, even before they had a chance to send a ransom note? |
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| 39. | How did Dylan and Minnie lose Van Gogh’s Sunflowers? What did they discover about the Sellwoods’ painting? |
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| 40. | What brought Dylan’s dad home in the end? |
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| 41. | What is so special about Marie’s collage? What does it show? |
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| 42. | Why did Dylan and his family start the Masterpiece Café? What’s on the menu? |
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