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chapter one notes:
what are some of fat charlie nancy's father's talents?
• what are some of the unfortunate things about fat charlie
nancy?
• what is learned from the story of the "goofy dog"?
what clues are there to tell you that this story is set in london?
note: "of course, everyone's parents are embarrassing. it goes
with the territory. the nature of parents is to embarrass merely
by existing, just as it is the nature of children to a certain age to
cringe with embarrassment, shame, and mortification should
their parents so much as speak to them on the street."
list some "practical jokes" that fat charlie's father pulled on
him.
o mermaids?
o president taft?
• where does rosie want fat charlie to invite his father?
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