Characters
The main character; a royal princess.
Princess Irene
The goblins enter the castle through this room.
Wine cellar
Irene's great-great grandmother was doing this the very first time she met her.
Spinning
A goblin's weakness.
Its feet.
This vocabulary word means delicately small and pretty.
dainty
Curdie does this kind of work for a living.
Mining
The king offers Curdie this position.
Bodyguard
The gifts Irene's grandmother gives her.
A ball of finely spun thread and a ring.
This character was once attacked by the goblins but saved by a bright light and white pigeon.
Curdie's mother
The author of The Princess and the Goblin.
George MacDonald
Curdie's father.
Peter
The secret room where Irene finds her great grandmother.
Attic tower
What do the goblins plan to do to the castle.
Flood it.
How does Curdie defend himself against the goblins.
Makes/sings rhymes.
This vocabulary word means annoyed, frustrated, or worried.
vexed
Another name for the goblins.
Cobs
When Irene follows the string for the second time, where does it lead her?
Curdie's house
When Irene gets lost after she is frightened by the strange cat like creature, how does she get home?
She sees a silvery orb in the sky which is her grandmother's light that guides her home.
Who does Irene's father (the king) say the ring belonged to?
Her mother.
George MacDonald's birthplace (the country).
Scotland
The goblin prince's name.
Harelip
What did Curdie do when he and Irene were escaping from the goblins' lair and what did he discover after he did this?
He took of the goblin queen's shoe and discovered she had 6 toes
The goblin prince tries to carry off this character.
Lootie
Name an author who was inspired by George MacDonald's books.
C.S. Lewis