Why is Chapter XIV named "The Pain and the Blood and the Gore"?

1.   ?    The title describes how Alan was feeling when he tried to tell his mother about the bet.
2.   ?    The title describes the butcher's shop.
3.   ?    The title describes the way Billy was feeling during his nightmare.
4.   ?    The title was from a comic book Billy was reading.

Billy dreamed he was ____________.

1.   ?    helping the butcher move the crowd of middle-aged women out of his shop
2.   ?    eating snake-sized worms in Longchamps Restaurant
3.   ?    walking up Times Square trying to get people to buy worms for their lunches
4.   ?    in the Brazilian jungle fighting a giant python-sized worm

After waking up from the nightmare, ____________.

1.   ?    Billy had a terrible headache
2.   ?    Billy fell out of bed and hit his elbow
3.   ?    Billy's stomach hurt

AT 3:15 A.M. Billy __________________.

1.   ?    woke his parents
2.   ?    looked for medicine
3.   ?    got a glass of milk to settle his stomach
4.   ?    telephoned Joe

Billy's mother's reaction to him eating worms was ________________, while his father's reaction was ____________.

1.   ?    frightened, terrified
2.   ?    panicky, calm
3.   ?    calm, petrified

Billy's father told Billy to _____________.

1.   ?    go back to bed
2.   ?    eat some crackers
3.   ?    climb into their bed so he could keep and eye on him
4.   ?    drink a glass of warm water

Billy's mother wanted her husband to __________________.

1.   ?    take Billy to the hospital
2.   ?    call Dr. McGrath
3.   ?    help Billy get back to sleep

Billy's father had once eaten ____________.

1.   ?    a live goldfish
2.   ?    a live beetle
3.   ?    a live crayfish
4.   ?    chocolate covered ants

As Billy was falling asleep, _____________.

1.   ?    he heard his father reading from the medical encyclopedia
2.   ?    he heard his father telephoning Dr. McGrath
3.   ?    he heard his father call the poison control

Billy woke up to the sound of ____________.

1.   ?    his sister singing
2.   ?    Alan and Joe pounding on the door
3.   ?    his mother saying breakfast was ready
4.   ?    Dr. McGrath making a house call

From the events that took place in Chapter XV, one could conclude ________________.

1.   ?    that Billy would be fine after eating five worms
2.   ?    eating worms is harmful
3.   ?    Billy would need to go to the doctor

What helps Billy overcome his stomach ache?

1.   ?    drinking warm milk
2.   ?    being reassured that eating worms isn't harmful
3.   ?    taking medicine
4.   ?    a warm cozy bed