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| According to Brady's theory, what might happen to him if alien microbes exchanged information with his body's cells? |
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| After sleeping with the meteor the first night, what was it covered with when Brady awoke? |
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| How long does it usually take Brady to ride his bike from home to Hill City? |
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| How long is Pactola Lake? |
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| How much money were the Carver brothers going to charge for a public demonstration of Destructor? |
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| How was Brady saved from falling into the sinkhole? |
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| In a way, Brady owed his life to what one thing? |
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| In what town was the motorcycle rally held? |
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| What animal did Brady outwit to save a small boy? |
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| What common liquid saved Brady? |
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| What did Brady barely avoid having immediately after being saved from falling into the sinkhole? |
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| What did Curly suggest the boys use instead of lures? |
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| What did Dr. Rip call the microbes living on Fred? |
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| What did Mr. Carver do for a living? |
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| What did Quinn say the meteorite looked like? |
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| What kind of weapon did the Carver boys build? |
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| What medical condition did Brady suffer from? |
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| What name did Quinn and Brady give the Carver's boat? |
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| What planet did Fred come from? |
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| What two food items did Quinn and Brady take for their camping trip? |
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| granola and powdered milk |
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| What was Brady doing when he first realized he has super strength and endurance? |
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| What was Crystal's mom's name? |
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| What was the Destructor mostly make of? |
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| What was the name of the Carver's Turkish War dog? |
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| What was the name of the meteorite expert at the museum? |
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| Dr. Ripley Ripley (Dr. Rip) |
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| What was the population of Hill City? |
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| What was the star attraction at the Hill City museum? |
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| Where did Brady and Quinn buy their inflatable boat? |
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| Where did Brady find the meteor? |
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| Where did Brady wake up after he collapsed and the lights went off for the last time? |
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| Where did his friends hide Brady's dormant body? |
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| in the Palace of the Dead King |
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| Where was Brady when he felt like he was a short-circuiting toaster? |
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| Where was the Challenger made? |
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| Where was the expert scientist from originally? |
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| Who dropped Brady's backpack into the lake? |
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| Who or what took the meteorite from Brady's house? |
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| Why did Quinn's dad loose his job at the mine? |
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| Why did the coroner postponed Brady's autopsy/ |
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| Why is stargazing difficult on Quinn's street? |
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| What fell through the roof & Brady's bedroom ceiling? |
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| What was the "break-in" Brady told his Dad about? |
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| a meteorite falling through the roof and Brady's bedroom ceiling. |
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| The Black Hills of South Dakota. |
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| How far apart in minutes were the shooting stars during the Perseid Meteor Shower that Brady was watching? |
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| Brady's Dad has an interesting job - What is it? |
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| Carving the Crazy Horse Memorial |
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| On the night the meteor crashes thru Brady's bedroom ceiling, what part of the Crazy Horse Memorial had Brady's Dad and his crew been working on? |
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| His dad and his crew had been widening the gap between Crazy Horse's pointing arm & the mane of his warhorse. |
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| How big was the hole in Brady's ceiling caused by the meteor? |
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| What did the "space rock" look like? |
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| It looked like a "baked potato" - all burned shiny, but with rougher edges, pits and sparkles |
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| What was the first thing Brady did after he pulled the meteor out from under his bed and looked at it? |
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| He grabbed his cell phone and punched in Quinn's phone number. |
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| Hill City, South Dakota - just outside of town |
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| What are Quinn's two favorite words? |
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| What did Brady do with the "space rock" the first night he had it? |
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| He slept with it pressed against his chin - "shot-put" style. |
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| what are the "Black Hills" - really? |
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| They are really mountains that look black because of how their forests make them look from the prairie. |
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| Where had Brady's Uncle Jake worked before getting laid off? |
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| What is special about the Homestake Mine? |
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| For a century and a quarter, it had been the richest gold mine in the history of the United States. |
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| Where is Quinn's Dad considering looking for a new job? |
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| The gas fields in Wyoming. |
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| What does Brady and his Dad like to do every Sunday that helps keep his Dad "flexible"? |
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| Go on a 30 or so miles bike ride. |
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| Why does Brady's Dad need to stay flexible? |
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| Because the work he does at the Crazy Horse Memorial is (awful) hard on his body. |
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| Does Brady have any brothers or sisters? |
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| What are Brady's sisters names and are they older or younger? |
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| Jodi and Rae - both younger. |
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| Where are Brady's Mother and sisters at the time of the story? |
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| His grandparents farm outside of Decorah, Iowa |
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| Why didn't Brady go along with his Mother and sisters to visit his grandparents? |
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| Brady has Asthma and his grandparents' dog and two cats along with all the flowers and fields outside, aggravates his condition. |
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| Why does Brady's Mother worry about Brady and Quinn when they get together? |
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| Because the boys are into "extreme" fun - which she defines as living dangerously. |
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| What does Brady's Mother have to say about Brady and Quinn's desire to engage in "extreme" fun? |
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| "It's a guy thing, I know - she says - but I don't have any sons to spare." |
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| What does Brady's Dad have to say about Brady and Quinn's love of "extreme" fun? |
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| "Â…Adolescence shouldn't be a fatal conditionÂ…just a bumpy ride you can get off of when it eventually slows downÂ…" |
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| What kind of "extreme" fun did Brady's Dad and Uncle engage in when they were teenagers that his Dad now regards as "incredibly dangerous and incredibly stupid"? |
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| They used to explore abandoned gold mines around Lead, South Dakota. |
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| The morning after Brady sleeps with the meteor under his chin - what does he experience while tying his sneakers to shoot some hopes? |
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| a slight vibration running through him like a mild electric shock - so subtle he could barely feel it, but it was thereÂ…and it ran from his scalp to the tips of his toes. |
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| The Carvers' Turkish war dog. |
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| wht weird thing has Attila been up to that has Brady's Mom concerned about him coming over the "bridge"? |
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| He'd been stealing the river rocks from the border of Brady's Mom's flower beds. |
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| How many acres do the Carvers own? |
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| How many acres do Brady's family own? |
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| How many kids are in the Carver family? |
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| Are the kids in the Carver family boys, girls or a mix? |
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| What are the names of the Carver kids? |
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| What is unique about two of the Carver kids? |
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| Buzz and Max are identical twins |
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| What is another name for a "Turkish War Dog"? |
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| Anatolian Shepherd - sheepdogs from Turkey |
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| What is the "point" of a spiked dog collar? |
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| Buzz told Brady it gave dogs the advantage when fighting wolves to the death because the wolf can't grab hold of the dog's throat. |
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| Are the Carver's fans of the Crazy Horse Memorial that Brady's Dad is working on? |
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| What does Mr. Carver do for a living? |
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| He is the Custer County coroner |
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| What did the twins build? |
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| The book begins in which month? |
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| This book takes place where? |
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| Black Hills of South Dakota |
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| What is Brady's cousin's name? |
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| Where does Brady's cousin live? |
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| forty miles north in the town of Lead |
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| What had landed in Brady's own bedroom? |
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| What are Quinn's two favorite words? |
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| When did Uncle Jake lose his job? |
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| What videogames did Brady play to relax himself? |
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| Skateboarding for the Insane and Snowboarding for the Insane |
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| Where were a lot of the mothers in Lead working? |
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| Deadwood at the hotels, restaurants and casinos |
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| How old was Quinn when his mom died? |
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| What are Brady's sister's names? |
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| Why didn't Brady go along on the visits to his grandparent's farm anymore? |
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| Where did Brady's grandparents live? |
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| What kind and how many pets did Brady's grandparents have? |
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| a shaggy dog and two cats |
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| How long was Brady's mom supposed to be gone? |
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| the Carvers' Turkish war dog |
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| How many kids did the Carver have? |
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| What were the names of the Carver kids? |
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| Cal and the twins, Buzz and Max |
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| What grade were Brady, Buzz and Max? |
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| Turkish war dog is another name for what type of dog? |
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| The Carver family was against what statue? |
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| The mountain statue of the Sioux chief |
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| Mr. Carver did what for a career? |
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| He was the coroner of Custer County. |
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| The sign on the Carver property had been changed to read what? |
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| No Trespassing - Violaters will be dismembered |
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| What did Brady see in the woods that the Carvers had been building all summer? |
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| Whenever Quinn came, they would play what game with Buzz and Max? |
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| Paintball or "war games" as they called it |
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| What did Buzz tell Brady to bring for the catapult? |
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| What did Quinn's T-shirt say when he arrived at Brady's house? |
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| Where did Uncle Jake want to take his Harley? |
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| Sturgis for the biggest motorcycle rally in the world. |
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| the most beautiful single woman in the Hills |
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| What drink did Maggie give Uncle Jake? |
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| Triple shot vanilla latte |
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| What did Brady and Quinn always do as soon as Quinn came down from Lead? |
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| What did did Brady name the meteorite? |
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| What nicknames did the newspaper give Buzz and Max? |
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| What is the name of the rails to trails bike path that runs the length of Black Hills? |
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| the train that takes the tourists eleven miles over to Rushmore |
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| How much did Quinn's dad have to put down for them to hold a trailer? |
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| How far is Mount Harney from Brady's house? |
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| Brady says that at first he had gotten what from Fred? |
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| Brady says he is terrified that going dormant will look like what? |
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| What does Brady make Quinn promise? |
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| That he won't let old man Carver do an autopsy on him if he goes stone cold dead |
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| What did the twins name the catapult? |
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| Where did Cal learn to weld? |
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| In the Sheriff's Department's probationary program |
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| How much did the Carvers want to charge for admission to see their catapult in action? |
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| Where had Attila been seen after running away? |
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| Hot Springs or Minnekahta Junction |
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| Who helped Quinn get Brady out of the morgue? |
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| Where did Quinn want to take Brady? |
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| The Halls of the Dead cave |
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| Where did they find Attila? |
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| in the Palace of the Dead King lying dead with his eyes open next to Fred |
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| Who did Quinn say the needed to warn? |
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| What did the professor tell Quinn was the antidote he was using? |
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| Ascetic acid - common vinegar |
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| Where did they go to drown the space traveler? |
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| Where did Quinn and his dad move? |
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| The professor told Brady that he might have a future where? |
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| What was the news that Uncle Jake and Quinn told Brady at the Labor Day weekend barbeque? |
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| They were moving back to the BlackHills |
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| Who did Brady ask to the Homecoming Dance? |
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