Chapters 1 - 2
In what ways are Leo and Mimi different? How do they resemble their older relatives?
Vocabulary:
dignified (3)
meander (5)
rigid (14)
Chapters 3 - 4
What do you think is happening as the box is wound more and more often?
Vocabulary:
scorn (22)
pendant (24)
recoil (34)
abrupt (42)
Chapters 5 - 6
How does the Blue Sorceress gain control over people? Where else have you heard something like this?
Vocabulary:
rustle (45)
spite (48)
gaudy (53)
tempt (54)
Chapters 7 - 9
Explain how people's names are important in Rondo. If you lived there, what do you think your name would be?
Vocabulary:
babble (62)
teeming (66)
dismay (75)
curt (78)
jauntily (86)
Chapters 10 - 11
What is your impression of Conker? Do you think he should be trusted? What do Mimi and Leo think of him?
Vocabulary:
enthusiasm (91)
furtive (92)
rummaging (101)
minstrel (107)
Chapters 12 - 13
How is their new location different from their last? What does it have in common with the town?
Vocabulary:
surreptitiously (109)
monopoly (111)
distress (121)
awestruck (125)
Chapters 14 - 16
Why do you think Leo and Mimi are having such a hard time finding people to trust? Who do you think could help them?
Vocabulary:
bleak (133)
inform (136)
menacingly (139)
despoil (141)
simper (148)
Chapters 17 - 18
What are some of the fairy tale and folk tale references you've read so far? How are they different from the original?
Vocabulary:
insist (161)
writhing (163)
degrading (167)
lummox (177)
Chapters 19 - 20
What evidene is there to back up Leo's idea about Spoiler at the end of Chapter 20?
Vocabulary:
threshold (180)
famished (183)
vain (186)
assure (195)
Chapters 21 - 23
What are some common sense things that Leo and Mimi are forgetting about? Why are these things important to them staying alive?
Vocabulary:
ebbed (198)
provisions (204)
inquired (207)
chortle (214)
famished (215)
Chapters 24 - 25
What is your opinion of Hal? Do you believe he is THE Hal? Explain your reasoning.
Vocabulary:
fraud (225)
cowering (226)
sheath (238)
placid (241)
Chapters 26 - 27
Why might the people of Rondo not like the Langlander family? What consequences does Hal mention?
Vocabulary:
simmer (245)
consulting (252)
urgent (261)
ominous (263)
Chapters 28 - 29
Describe the Blue Queen's castle. What powers does she have? Who is there with her?
Vocabulary:
disdain (269)
mimicking (270)
ghastly (272)
lavish (284)
Chapters 30 - 31
How has the Queen taken control of Leo? What do you think Mimi should do in this situation?
Vocabulary:
piteously (288)
taut (292)
haughty (298)
immune (302)
Chapters 32 - 34
What is the secret of the key? How does the box actually work? Do you think that Leo and Mimi changed over the course of the book? How?
Vocabulary:
defy (311)
distorted (318)
ravenous (326)
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