Meet Pippi
This is the name of the unusual girl who moves into Villa Villekulla.
What is Pippi Longstocking?
This is the name of Pippi's house.
What is Villa Villekulla?
These are the names of the brother and sister who live next door to Pippi.
Who are Tommy and Annika?
Pippi says that her mother is no longer living.
What is Pippi’s mother is dead?
Pippi has an animal companion that she can do this with.
What is lift or carry her horse?
Pippi's hair is described as being this color and style.
What are red hair and two stiff braids?
Villa Villekulla is located next to this place.
Tommy and Annika first become interested in Pippi because she is this.
What is they become curious and visit to meet Pippi?
Pippi says her father was this kind of person.
What is a sea captain?
Pippi’s strength is unusual because she can lift something that most children could not lift.
What is her horse?
These unusual clothing details help make Pippi's appearance memorable.
What is mismatched stockings and large black shoes?
Name two things that make Villa Villekulla different from an ordinary house.
What are its run-down appearance, overgrown garden, unusual furnishings, and animals?
How do Tommy and Annika react when they discover that someone has moved into Villa Villekulla?
What is they become curious and visit to meet Pippi?
Pippi lives alone because her mother is gone and her father is believed to be this.
What is missing at sea?
Pippi does not behave like a typical child because she does not have an adult who does this for her.
What is make the rules, supervise her, or take care of daily responsibilities?
Pippi's unusual appearance and behavior suggest that she is this kind of character.
What is independent, confident, and unlike ordinary children?
These two animals live with Pippi at Villa Villekulla.
What are a horse and a monkey?
Compare Tommy and Annika’s home with Pippi’s home.
What is Tommy and Annika’s home is orderly and ordinary, while Villa Villekulla is unusual, independent, and filled with unexpected things?
According to Pippi, why does she not need an adult living with her?
What is she believes she can take care of herself?
Pippi’s extraordinary strength affects Tommy and Annika because it makes them feel this way.
What is surprised, impressed, and curious?
Based on her actions and the way she introduces herself, what character trait best describes Pippi and what evidence supports your answer?
What is self-confidence or independence? She lives by herself, speaks boldly, makes her own rules, and is not afraid to be different.
How does the setting of Villa Villekulla help establish the mood and introduce Pippi’s character?
What is that the unusual, untidy, and independent-looking house creates a playful, mysterious mood and shows that Pippi’s life is different from ordinary family life?
Why are Tommy and Annika likely to become interested in Pippi even though she seems very different from them?
What is because Pippi is exciting, confident, and full of surprising stories and abilities, making life with her more adventurous?
How does Pippi’s explanation of her family situation help readers understand her personality?
What is it shows that she is independent, imaginative, confident, and determined to handle life in her own way despite being alone?
Why might the author introduce Pippi’s amazing abilities in the first chapter?
What is to show immediately that Pippi is extraordinary and to make readers curious about what she will do next?