8 Questions
What is the name of the re-education centre where Zip and Zap are sent?
Hope
What is the consequence of Zap's disruption in class?
He is sent to the Isolation Room
What is the name of the group formed by Zap and other students in the school?
The Marble Gang
What do the Marble Gang leave at the site of their pranks?
A single marble
What is revealed when Falconetti breaks the statue of Sebastian Hope?
A map that shows a path to hidden diamonds
What is the true meaning of the 'diamonds' in the map?
Sebastian Hope's favourite toys
Who is Matilda's uncle in the story?
Falconetti
What happens to Falconetti at the end of the story?
He is locked up until the police arrives
Study Notes
Setting
- Summer school Hope is a re-education centre run by strict Falconetti.
- The school was originally a school of play and toys run by Sebastian Hope.
Main Characters
- Zip and Zap: twin brothers sent to summer school.
- Falconetti: strict head of summer school Hope.
- Filo, Micro, and Matilda (Falconetti's niece): students who form the "Marble gang" with Zap.
Plot
- Zap gets in trouble and is locked in the "Isolation Room".
- Zap finds a bag of marbles in the room and forms the "Marble gang".
- The gang performs pranks, including vandalizing the statue of Sebastian Hope, leaving a single marble at each site.
- Falconetti tries to stop the vandalism, accidentally revealing a map hidden in the statue.
- The map supposedly leads to hidden diamonds under the school.
- Zip and Zap steal the map and follow its clues, pursued by Falconetti.
Twist and Resolution
- The "diamonds" are revealed to be Sebastian Hope's diamond-shaped toys.
- Falconetti locks the Marble Gang in a room full of toys, but they use a machine to start the music in the school.
- The room spirals up into the main garden, where the students and teachers gather to celebrate.
- Falconetti is overpowered, and the police are called.
- The movie ends with the Marble Gang reflecting on their adventure and the discovery that the diamonds were hidden in the marbles all along.
Zip and Zap are sent to a strict summer school where they form a secret group, the 'Marble gang', to rebel against the rules. Discover what happens in this story of friendship and mischief.
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