Rule Breakers & Outsmarting
What area was Nicholas forbidden to enter?
What is the gooseberry garden?
Why wasn’t Nicholas allowed to go to Jagborough with the other children?
What is because he was in disgrace for putting a frog in his bread-and-milk?
What kind of room is a “lumber-room”?
What is a storage room for large or unused things?
What did Nicholas call the aunt trapped in the rain-water tank?
What is the Evil One?
What theme does the story explore about children and adults?
What is adults often underestimate children’s cleverness?
What trick did Nicholas use to distract his aunt?
What is pretending to sneak into the gooseberry garden?
What excuse did Nicholas give for not eating his breakfast?
What is there was a frog in it?
What piece of art fascinated Nicholas in the lumber-room?
What is a tapestry of a hunting scene?
Why did Nicholas pretend he couldn’t rescue his aunt?
What is she told him not to go into the gooseberry garden, and he was obeying?
Why is the aunt described as having “few ideas”?
What is she’s narrow-minded and easily manipulated?
While his aunt stood watch, where did Nicholas actually go?
What is the lumber-room?
Who organized the trip to Jagborough?
Who is the aunt (who insists she’s Nicholas’s aunt)?
What danger did Nicholas imagine in the tapestry scene?
What is wolves sneaking up on the hunter?
What “test” did Nicholas use to prove she was the Evil One?
What is asking about strawberry jam?
How does Nicholas act like a “tactician”?
What is he plans everything carefully and tricks the aunt?
How did Nicholas get the key to the lumber-room?
What is by standing on a chair in the library to reach it?
What did Nicholas’s girl cousin do when getting into the carriage?
What is she scraped her knee and cried?
What strange object did he find shaped like a duck?
What is a teapot?
Why did Nicholas say she couldn't be his aunt?
What is she said there would be strawberry jam, but the aunt claimed there wasn’t any?
Why is the ending of the story satisfying for readers?
What is Nicholas wins through cleverness while the aunt is humiliated?
What did Nicholas do before leaving the lumber-room?
What is he covered the book with dust and returned the key to its place?
How did Nicholas describe Bobby’s boots?
What is too tight and hurting his feet?
What kinds of birds did he see in the picture book?
What are exotic birds like herons, bustards, toucans, and pheasants?
Who actually rescued the aunt from the water tank?
What is the kitchenmaid looking for parsley?
What does the lumber-room symbolize for Nicholas?
What is imagination, freedom, and secret knowledge hidden from adults?