Vocabulary
What is a conspiracy?
A secret plan to do something harmful
What does surrendered mean?
Who was Red?
Thomas Jefferson's mouse
Why did Ben and Amos need to travel to France?
To get money to help with the American Revolution
Why did the diplomats, politicians, and spies all surround Ben and Amos?
To try to find out why Ben had come to France
What does exiled mean?
What is a manifesto?
A document of a list of grievances
Where did Red live?
In Thomas Jefferson's saddlebag
Who was Madame Brillon's mouse?
Sophia
What is a milliner?
What does orated mean?
To speak in a pompous or showy way
What did Red help write?
The Declaration of Independence
Who lived in the cell beneath the Queen's throne?
Sophia's children
What does agile mean?
Able to move quickly and easily
What does it mean to be seasick?
To have nausea caused by the motion of a ship at sea
Who are the members of human/mouse partnerships?
Ben and Amos and Thomas Jefferson and Red
Why did Amos not want Ben to dine with Madame Helvetius?
Because she had a lot of cats
What does captive mean?
What is a voyage?
A long journey taken by water
What did Amos want to do to help Sophia?