- What was Mr. Zip’s plan? How was his plan
derailed?
2. Make a list of the ten most important things a
reader should know about Zoomy.
3. Describe the town of Three Oaks. Create a Venn
diagram comparing this location to your own
hometown.
4. How do lists help Zoomy navigate his days? Do
you ever feel jittery-splat too? What sets him
off? What can set you off? Ch. 7
5. Zoomy has pathological myopia and he says,
“I don’t know how anyone else sees the world,
and no one knows exactly how I see the world!”
and “If you can see More, it isn’t always Better.
Just different.” (p. 23) Discuss what you think
Zoomy means by these two statements and
what they tell us about him as a person. Ch.9
6. What choices is player four considering once he
realizes that Mr. Zip is dead? How is this choice
literally stolen from him? Ch.11
7. Who is Lorrol? How does she change Zoomy’s
story? What is lucky and unlucky about her?
How does their friendship develop? What
similarities do they have? P.31 starts to discuss
8. Using the code from the second issue of The
Gas Gazette, write your name. p.38
9. Describing Gam, Zoomy says, “She makes the
world seem like a safe and happy place, a place
where many things are possible and there’s
always a hug waiting.” Who makes you feel like
this?