What question does Noah ask Mr. Shine? Is my father going to get out of jail? Is my father really crazy?

Noah then goes to see Lice, who wants to know what Dad is ready to offer him for his help. Noah offers Dad’s bonefish skiff, and they ride Noah’s bike to go check it out. After seeing the boat in person, Lice takes the offer and makes a plan to return the next day to pick the boat up.

Realizing the problem is that no one has ever been able to trace the sewage spills directly to the Coral Queen, Noah, Abbey, and Shelly come up with a plan, code-named “Operation Royal Flush”: Shelly, who works on the Coral Queen as a bartender, will flush food coloring down the Coral Queen’s toilets, dyeing the sewage …

Why was Lice fired by Dusty Muleman? He stole Shelly from him. He stole gambling money.

Q. What does Noah’s dad think that Dusty Muleman has been doing illegally? Dumping sewage into the ocean.

Why does Miles Umlatt want to talk to Noah? He wanted to know more about his father (Mr. Underwood) and why he’s in jail. What excuse does Noah try to use to see his dad in jail?

Unfortunately, he ran right into him when he arrived at the salvage site. The boat was being hoisted up from underwater. Jasper called Noah a few names and shoved him a few times. Noah sucked it up and told Jasper he was sorry.

How did Noah and Abby try to keep Mom from watching Dad’s tv interview? Abbey “accidentally” threw a baseball at the television and broke it. Abby distracted her while Noah moved the satellite dish. They convinced Mom to take them out for ice-cream while the interview was on.

Why do Noah, Mr. Underwood, and Mrs. Underwood leave their house in the middle of the night? They left their house in the middle of the night to go looking for Abbey.

He was underwater when he hit something that felt like a wall of blubber. He was flung out of the water and saw a massive brown figure pushing away at an incredible pace. It was a manatee. Noah resumed swimming and the thought ran through his mind that sharks also patrol the waters at night.

Noah’s father, Paine Underwood, is in jail for sinking the Coral Queen casino boat because its operator, Dusty Muleman, is illegally dumping sewage into the ocean.

Why does Bull want to talk to Noah and Abbey? He wants to tell them that he beat up Jasper Jr. He wants to tell them that he wants to help nail the Coral Queen. He wants to tell them that the old man beat him up.

and his friend Bull spotted him. Jasper Jr. and Bull got out of their johnboat, and Jasper Jr. punched Noah in the right eye and spit on him.

Why did Paine Underwood receive a check for $1,000? He won the lottery! Dusty Muleman felt bad he lost his job being in jail and wrote him a check.

What discovery does Noah make about the sewage tank when he is down near the docks late one night? He discovers that it is just a prop because it is rusted all the way through.

What was ironic about Paine breaking out of jail? He was about to be released from jail anyway. Which of the following is NOT a reason that Shelly believes that Lice Peeking disappeared? He didn’t show up to work.

Why were there no bruises on Noah when Jasper Jr. beats him up at the end of chapter 9? Jasper Jr. didn’t hit hard enough to make a bruise.

What did Noah do so that his mom couldn’t see Paine’s news interview? Turned off the electricity.

Lice Peeking Lice is not dead, however, and reappears before the end of Flush. It is revealed that he left town for a while because he was afraid Dusty would come after him for agreeing to help Paine.

What is Abbey’s bad habit? She likes to gossip. She doesn’t tell the truth. She has a habit of stealing.

What did Shelly’s pistol turn out to be? A fake gun to scare of people. 2.

Jasper charged at Noah and punched him right in the eye and spit in his face. Noah felt like striking back but kept his cool. He remembered his father’s words that people who fight can’t win with their brains.

Chapter Summaries FLUSH 8 Noah’s mom goes to a distant grocery store to avoid seeing people she knows and to avoid questioning about her husband’s t.v. interview. While she’s out, Noah views the tape of his dad on the news.

Why does Dusty never get caught emptying the Coral Queen’s tank? He would always do it at night and had multiple people on guard.

1. Noah didn’t ditch Abbey’s backpack even though it added extra weight when he hit the water because it had his sister’s name on it and the empty food coloring bottles would have implicated her in Noah’s activity.

Who helps Abbey and Noah after Dusty Muleman and the “bald goon” pull a gun on them? What happens to Noah and Abbey once they get away from Dusty Muleman and the “bald goon”? engine stalls and they are stuck at sea. 5.

How was Shelly going to follow her mothers advice “keep your friends close but your ememies closer?” Why did Noah’s mom want her husband to expect Dusy’s out of court agreement. She was tired of him being in jail. She wanted him to finally get out.

A deputy stopped by and Paine and Noah rushed to the bedroom to clamp Paine’s ankle bracelet back on. They got the bracelet back on just in the nick of time. He was charged with tampering with the court-ordered monitoring device – his ankle bracelet. Either the bracelet sent a signal or Dusty ratted on him…

Abbey had a “touch” of the stomach flu and went to her room. Her mom goes to check on her and screams bringing Paine and Noah to her side. The screen is out of the window and the video recorder is missing. Paine goes out of the room and removes the ankle bracelet.

Noah and Abbey combined all their money and came up with fifty-seven dollars and sixteen cents which they would spend all on dye. They decided to buy fuchsia dye, perfect for Operation Royal Flush. They would buy food dye because it wouldn’t be harmful to the animals.