Characters
Sweet old lady who makes a pink ruffle dress for Edward. Edward likes listening to her stories.
Nellie
Edward’s master who lives on Egypt Street.
Abilene
Which of the following best describes the setting at the beginning of the book?
A large, nice house on Egypt street.
Where does Bryce rescue Edward from?
Hanging on a scarecrow pole.
What does Edward wish he had when he is tied to a pole?
Wings to fly away.
A young boy who makes Edward dance with strings when he plays the harmonica.
Bryce
Bryce gives her Edward. She is very sick and named Edward Jangles.
Sarah Ruth
What happens to the princess in Pelligrina’s story?
She turned into a warthog.
How did Bryce act when his father took Sarah Ruth’s body away ?
By running away to Memphis.
What is different about Edward in his dream?
He has wings and can walk.
Owner of the dog Lucy who finds Edward at the dump. Edward is now called Malone.
Hobo
A rabbit who is made out of china and is the main character in the book.
Edward
Where did Lawrence find Edward?
The Ocean
Which character appears at the book’s beginning and ending?
Abilene
What were two of the names given to Edward Tulane along his journey?
Edward, Suzanna, Malone, Jangles.
Finds Edward in the ocean and brings him home to his wife Nellie.
Lawrence
Abilene's Grandmother who gifts Edward to her and makes fancy silk suits for Edward to wear.
Pellegrina
Which of the following characters thought having a china rabbit was a silly idea?
Lolly.
Which body part is Edward not fond of?
His whiskers.
Tell one way that being owned by Abilene was different from being owned by Sarah Ruth?
Abilene lived in a nice big house and Sarah Ruth was poor and lived in a one room shack.
Thinks it is silly to pay so much attention to a rabbit and throws Suzanna in the trash.
Lolly
How has Edward changed (internally or externally) from the beginning of the book and the end of the book.
Beginning:
Externally: Wearing a red silk suit, pocket watch, china body.
Internally: Confident, does not love Abilene, full of himself, content.
End:
Externally: Blue shirt, green pants, no pocket watch, cracked china body.
Internally: lonely, hopeless, scared to love again, eventually allows love in.
How do the other hobos show that they miss their children?
Tell Edward the names of their chidren.
In Chapter 6, Edward feels his first true emotion. What is this emotion?
Fear. He was afraid in the bottom of the ocean without Abilene.
What is the author’s message that she wants readers to take away from this story?
That to be loved you have to feel and to feel love you have to accept and allow it in.