Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
100

She was the headmistress of the MAYFAIR ACADEMY for YOUNG LADIES

Miss Banks

100

What city (and the country please) did the Cardinal stop in before embarking for Brazil?

Lisbon, Portugal

100

Who is the Carter's boatman?

Furo

100
What does Maia ask for from Mr Carter when she visits his room?

Maps of the river around the house

100

Who does Maia say she "felt like" at the beginning of Chapter 5?

Cinderella

200

What is the first letter of Miss Minton's name?

A

200

Who did Miss Minton and Maia share a cabin with and how did they fare on the journey, initially?

The two Portuguese ladies who got very seasick during the storm

200

"A plump lady with heavily powdered face, a double chin and carefully waved hair..." Who is she?

Mrs Carter

200

What does Mr Carter collect?

Glass eyes

200

What does the Portuguese phrase "as pestinhas" mean in English?

Nasty little pigs

300

Why was Miss Minton's trunk so heavy for the porter to carry onto the RMS Cardinal?

Inside were heavy books
300

What was the name of Clovis' acting group?

The Pilgrim Players
300

The twins' names

Gwendolyn and Beatrice

300

What is the name of the part of the Amazon that goes from the Carters to Manaus? It means "black" in Spanish, "preto" in Portuguese.

Negro River

300

What is the "Indian boy" for Maia; he serves as a plot device in which a seemingly unsolvable problem in a story is resolved. 

Deus ex machina (means GOD FROM THE MACHINE referring to when Greeks would use a crane machine to lower a god onto the stage to help resolve difficulties)

400

The ________River is longer, but the ________River has the most water.

Nile, Amazon

400

What play did Clovis worry about being too old in?

Little Lord Fauntleroy
400

What does Mrs Carter carry around and use to kill bugs?

A flit gun full of fly spray
400

Where does Maia go to dance?

Madam Duschamp's Academy of Dance

400

Why does Maia say "They are right, the beastly Carters; the jungle is our enemy..."

She was getting lost in the jungle

500

Miss Carlisle taught this subject at Mayfair (source of the River Thames)

Geography

500

What is Clovis' real name?

Jimmy Bates

500

The set of books with which the twins learn all their subjects was written by whom?

Dr. Bullman

500

What are the little rivers and streams around the house called (Miss Minton tells Maia)?

Igapes

500

What book is Maia reading on the veranda; the one she couldn't concentrate on. Who is the author?

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens