Prom

1. Why does Ashley bother going to school? Because her 5th grade teacher (Ms. Valencia) told her that she had to graduate or she's go straight to hell (2).

2. Who is Ashley's boyfriend and what are their plans? TJ Barnes and they are going to mve in together (3-5).

3. How was school worse before the new principal and new lady superitendent? There were kids being stabbed, a teacher was raped, and the janitors smoked pot under the stage in the auditorium. Now they have a food court with Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, security guards, and new custodians (7).

4. What does Ashley compare all the people talking in the hall to? "It sounded like flipping through cable late at night (8).

5. Who is her Homeroom/Advanced Drug Awareness teacher? Ms. Jones-Atkinson (9).

6. Who are Ashley's friends in Homeroom? Lauren and "Nat" or Natalia Shulmensky (who is on prom committee) (9-10).

7. Why did Ms. J-A call Ash up to her desk after class? To yell at her for a quiz that she didn't make up, an essay she didn't turn in, and library fines (13).

8. What's the rule about fighting in school? As long as the fighters were the same color, it was cool. If it turned into a race thing, get out of there (14).

9. Why does Ash follow Nat, even though she's taller? Nat always knew where she was going (14).

10. What is Nat debating over for prom? Which purse to bring: Metallic or beaded (14).

11. How does Ash know Nat? They've been neighbors since 2nd grade when Nat moved from Russia (14).

12. What "miracle" saved Ash from English class? A fire drill (16-18).

13. What was the note about that was passed around in spanish class? The kid who started the fire didn't want to take a test so he lit a toilet paper roll on fire (caught on camera) and he felt guilty so he pulled the alarm (18-19).

14. Who is Ms. Crane and what happens to her? She is Ash's math teacher and she got taken out of class by a police-woman and the security guard for questioning (20-23).

15. Who stole the prom money? Ms. Crane (25).

16. What is talked about in the emergency assembly? Prom and how they will deal with everything; nothing is determined yet (30).

17. Who drove Ash to work after detention? her knight in shining armor, TJ (32).

18. What does Ash do for work at EZ-CHEEZ-E? She serves pizza in a rat costume (33).

19. Who plays Happy Hamster? junie because she's really skinny (35).

20. Why does the Hannigan (Ash's family) house stand out? because there are toy soldiers scattered outside, their Easter lights are still up, and the house is always noisy (37).

21. Who are Ash's siblings? Shawn (12 and stays out of trouble if he has junk food), Steven (10 and loves to read), and Billy (4 and is really small). They have a three-legged deaf dog named Mutt (38-39).

22. What is the dad doing in the basement? working on Ash's new room (40).

23. What is the dad's job? He's a taxi cab driver (40).

24. What is the mom (Mary Alice) like? She is stuck in the 80s with her style, hair almost as red as Ash's and 8 months pregnant. She's a Philly bus driver (42-43).

25. Who eats ravioli? Nat's Grandma (44).

26. Why aren't they allowed to use the p-word (prom) in the Hannigan household? Because the mom would go crazy over it (47).

27. What is the fairy tale that the dad tells Billy about? "Kenny-ella" is about the youngest kid that gets pushed around by his stupid siblings (50).

28. Why does Ash originally turn down Nat when asked to help with prom? Because Ash thought it was a waste of a dance where people dress up and act fake (54).

29. Where does Ash end up when looking for TJ? at a basketball game (57).

30. What does Ash stop to buy on her walk home from the game? Band-Aids for a popped blister and 3 cans of ravioli (59).

31. What is Ash's miracle for the prom? She suggested that they hold it in the gym (66).

32. Why can't Ash be a part of prom committee? she has too many detentions (69).

33. What does Ash compare Mr. Gilroy (vice principal) to? a ferret (69).

34. What is Ash's family doing in the kitchen when she gets home? playing baseball with hotdogs (70-72).

35. When Ash says that no one can tell the mom about prom, what book do they swear on? Lord of the Rings (74).

36. Where does Ma stay because the house is trashed? At Aunt Linny's (77).

37. How did Ash and Nat get people they needed help from for Prom? they bribed them with Nat's pastries that her Grandma made (84).

38. Who excuses Ash from detention? the new math sub (89).

39. Who helped the dad fix the kitchen? TJ (93).

40. Where did Nat's Jewish grandmother go swimming? in a baptismal pool in church (102).

41. What was Nat's Grandma famous for in Russia? She was a seamstress (114).

42. How did Ma get Ash's prom dress to be cheaper? She kept pretending she was going into early labor with twins (118).

43. What is the apartment like that TJ got for Ash and him? It's small and run-down above an auto repair garage (125-126).

44. What did TJ get for Ash? A cell phone on a family plan with him (128).

45. How does Ash get a popular girl, Persia Faulkner to help with prom? by offering her a fancy car for prom (Her dad knows a guy) (136).

46. What is the name of their school? Carceras (140).

47. What happened to Nat? she fell down wearing high heels and broke her leg (151).

48. Why doesn't Nat have a prom date anymore? Because wheel chairs freak him out (156).

49. What does Ash get in the mail that TJ opened for her? A box of condoms for prom (156-157).

50. Why is Ma upset when Ash gets home from the airport? Ma washed the prom dress with crayons and ruined it. Ash calmed her down and said she couldn't go anyway because of all her dententions (171).

51. What was in Grandma Shulmensky's laundry basket? A pink ball gown for Ash (182).

52. Where is Ash going on prom night? out to dinner with TJ in a white cadillac (186).

53. Who is missing right before they leave for their date? Grandma Shulmensky so they go looking for her at prom (188, 195).

54. How did Ma distract Gilroy so Ash could sneak into prom to be with her friends after she broke up with TJ? She went into fake labor again (197).

55. What happened when the dance floor cleared except for Charles and Junie? Charles proposed to her (206).

56. What ruined the perfect prom night? Ash got arrested, but she got let of the hook because her aunts and mom went to school with the judge (209-210).

57. Where did Ash decide to move after Adrian was born? in with Nat since Grandma was in a home (213).

58. What does Ash want to be? Maybe a teacher's aide or a teacher because she knows a few things about normal kids (215).