Characters
Name the three main borrowers in the story. (mom, dad, and daughter)
Homily, Pod, Arrietty
What are they trying to say when they talk about, "human beans"?
Human beings
What did Arrietty see when she went outside for the first time?
She sees dew and cherry petals, a beetle, a wood louse, and an ant, watches a bird and picks a primrose. Finally, she sees a boy staring at her
Where in the house was Pod seen?
The Schoolroom
Who is the author of the story?
Mary Norton
In Chapter 1, who begins telling a story about the Borrowers?
Mrs. May
Which word fits best in the sentence below?
The splinter was firmly ( embedded / transparent ) in his finger.
embedded
Where did Uncle Hendreary live?
The badger’s set
After Arrietty gets upset, her parents decide she can:
(a) Move rooms (b) Go borrowing. (c) Make a tunnel. (d) Emigrate.
(b) Go borrowing
When does Pod get a "feeling"?
When someone is nearby
Who was the character that was probably killed by a cat the owners bought after a maid saw Uncle Hendreary?
Eggletina
Define the word, emigrate.
To move to another country
Where did Pod take Arrietty on her first borrowing adventure?
To the rug in the front hallway
Uncle Hendreary’s letter tells the family that Aunt Lupy is
Missing
Who goes to Great-Aunt Sophy’s room and talks with her?
Pod
Who was the first person to find the borrowers home?
The boy
hunted; rummaged around
Why doesn’t Homily want to emigrate?
Emigrating is moving outdoors to live, like the relatives in the badger’s set. Homily is worried about outdoor dangers and Arrietty’s health. She also likes the “civilized” things they have in the house.
How does Pod feel when he finds Arrietty in the boys room?
Pod feels the family is in grave danger and is very angry: he does not speak on the way home, and later he explains all the possible outcomes Arrietty has not thought of.
Where do Borrower families get their names?
(a) From the people upstairs.
(b) From writing they borrow.
(c) From things in the house.
(d) From streets in the town.
(c) From things in the house.
Who notices items missing from the drawing room and believes someone is trying to trap her and accuse her of the thefts?
Mrs. Driver
Define the word, ventured
Risked or dared to do something
Where did Arrietty say she was going to leave the letter for Uncle Hendreary?
Under the hall mat.
How did the boy help the borrowers escape in the end?
The boy first plans to carry them upstairs in the clothespin bag to stay overnight in the doll’s house. The next day he will take them out to the badger’s set in his pockets. After this fails and the rat-catcher comes, the boy sneaks out with the man’s pick-ax and eventually breaks open an escape route at the grating.
Name three things that were "borrowed" from the borrowers.
tea cup, blotting paper, food, tea, clothes pins, stamps, doll's china, ect.