She was the headmistress of the MAYFAIR ACADEMY for YOUNG LADIES
Miss Banks
What city (and the country please) did the Cardinal stop in before embarking for Brazil?
Lisbon, Portugal
Who is the Carter's boatman?
Furo
Maps of the river around the house
Who does Maia say she "felt like" at the beginning of Chapter 5?
Cinderella
What is the first letter of Miss Minton's name?
A
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
"A plump lady with heavily powdered face, a double chin and carefully waved hair..." Who is she?
Mrs Carter
What does Mr Carter collect?
Glass eyes
What does the Portuguese phrase "as pestinhas" mean in English?
Nasty little pigs
Why was Miss Minton's trunk so heavy for the porter to carry onto the RMS Cardinal?
What was the name of Clovis' acting group?
The twins' names
Gwendolyn and Beatrice
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
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)
The ________River is longer, but the ________River has the most water.
Nile, Amazon
What play did Clovis worry about being too old in?
What does Mrs Carter carry around and use to kill bugs?
Where does Maia go to dance?
Madam Duschamp's Academy of Dance
Why does Maia say "They are right, the beastly Carters; the jungle is our enemy..."
She was getting lost in the jungle
Miss Carlisle taught this subject at Mayfair (source of the River Thames)
Geography
What is Clovis' real name?
Jimmy Bates
The set of books with which the twins learn all their subjects was written by whom?
Dr. Bullman
What are the little rivers and streams around the house called (Miss Minton tells Maia)?
Igapes
What book is Maia reading on the veranda; the one she couldn't concentrate on. Who is the author?
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens