Jacob's Discovery
What special ability does Jacob discover he has?
He can see hollowgast/monsters that other peculiars cannot see.
What are the monsters called that Jacob can see?
Hollowgast.
Who arrives unexpectedly at Miss Peregrine's house?
Miss Avocet.
What happened to Victor after he left the loop?
He was killed by a hollowgast/monster.
What type of conflict is shown by Jacob trying to decide between his family and the peculiars?
Internal conflict — character vs. self.
Who tells Jacob, "I knew there was something peculiar about you"?
Emma
What physical feature gives away a wight?
They have no pupils / their eyes appear white.
What is Miss Avocet's role in the peculiar world?
She is an ymbryne who cares for/protects peculiar children and maintains a loop.
Why are time loops relatively safe from hollowgast?
Hollowgast cannot enter the loops.
Why is the new ornithologist suspicious to Jacob?
After learning that wights can disguise themselves as humans, Jacob realizes the stranger could potentially be a wight.
Why didn't Miss Peregrine tell Jacob earlier that he was peculiar?
She was afraid he would run away if she told him.
How does a hollowgast become a wight?
By eating enough peculiars.
Who were responsible for the experiment that created the hollowgast?
Miss Peregrine's two brothers and the other peculiars/ymbrynes who joined them.
Why did wights kidnap children from Miss Avocet's loop?
The children were bait used to lure the adult ymbrynes away.
What does Miss Avocet's arrival do to the mood of the chapter?
It makes the mood more tense, ominous, frightening, or urgent because it shows the threat is real and getting closer.
Why was Jacob's grandfather especially valuable in fighting hollowgast?
Like Jacob, Abe could see hollowgast when other peculiars could not.
What were the peculiars who created the hollowgast originally trying to achieve?
Immortality
Where did the experiment that created the hollowgast take place?
Siberia.
Why does Miss Peregrine believe Jacob may have brought danger to the island?
She worries that the wights followed Jacob to the island.
How does the chapter increase the stakes of Jacob's internal conflict?
Jacob learns that staying with his parents could put him in danger, but staying with the peculiars would mean leaving his family and normal life behind.
Why might Jacob's ability make him both powerful and vulnerable?
He can see and identify hollowgast, giving him an advantage against them, but this also makes him valuable and potentially a target.
Explain the irony of the experiment that created the hollowgast.
They wanted to become immortal or godlike, but instead transformed themselves into monstrous creatures living in constant torment.
Why is the history of Miss Peregrine's brothers important to understanding her character?
Her own brothers helped create the hollowgast, but she refused to participate. This gives her a personal connection to the threat and helps explain why she is so protective of the children.
What evidence suggests the danger on the island may already be closer than Jacob's father realizes?
The mysterious new ornithologist may actually be a wight, and Jacob suspects he could also be connected to the sheep killings.
How does Chapter 9 change the central conflict of the novel?
The conflict expands from Jacob trying to understand his grandfather and himself to Jacob becoming directly involved in the struggle between the peculiars and the hollowgast/wights.