Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Prologue-Chapter 3

Reading Check

1. Abraham Portman (Prologue)

2. Nazis (Prologue)

3. Britain/Wales (Prologue)

4. The Empire State Building (Chapter 1)

5. A key (Chapter 1)

6. He is blind. (Chapter 1)

7. A tentacle-mouthed monster (Chapters 1-2)

8. Feral dogs (Chapter 2)

9. The Selected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Chapter 2)

Short Answer

1. Jacob begins to question his grandfather’s sanity. He believes his grandfather did not tell the truth about the fairy tales he told Jacob as a child. When Jacob’s peers ostracize him for believing the stories, he rejects his grandfather’s stories as false. (Various chapters)

2. Jacob wants to understand his grandfather’s story, and Jacob’s father wants to research the birds on the island. (Chapters 2-3)

Chapters 4-6

Reading Check

1. As a bunny (Chapter 4)

2. A shrunken body (Chapter 4)

3. Bogs (Chapter 4)

4. A peregrine falcon (Chapter 4)

5. Photographs (Chapter 5)

6. A girl/Emma (Chapter 5)

7. A loop (Chapter 5)

8. Miss Peregrine (Chapter 6)

Short Answer

1. Abraham was always traveling when Franklin was a child. He wasn’t around for important events in Franklin’s life. Franklin believes his father may have been having an affair. (Chapter 4)

2. When Jacob enters the loop, he begins to realize his grandfather’s stories of Miss Peregrine and the others is true. (Chapter 6)

Chapters 7-9

Reading Check

1. Horace (Chapter 7)

2. Millard (Chapter 7)

3. It shriveled. (Chapter 8)

4. Raid the Village (Chapter 8)

5. Victor (Chapter 8)

6. He sees monsters. (Chapter 9)

7. Hollowgasts (Chapter 9)

8. A wight (Chapter 9)

Short Answer

1. Some of the townspeople accuse Worm of spending time with Jacob, implicating Jacob in the killing of sheep on the island. Jacob is forced to admit to his father that he was lying about spending time with friends. (Chapter 7)

2. Miss Peregrine is concerned about the safety of the children. If they leave the loop, they will grow old and die quickly, just like the apple. (Chapter 8)

Chapters 10-11

Reading Check

1. Martin (Chapter 10)

2. He wears sunglasses at night. (Chapter 10)

3. Dr. Golan/his counselor (Chapter 10)

4. The lighthouse (Chapter 10)

5. The 1940s (Chapter 11)

6. On battleships (Chapter 11)

Short Answer

1. They want to recreate the experiment Miss Peregrine’s brothers attempted, which would manipulate loops to conquer death. (Various chapters)

2. The children show up while Jacob is speaking with his father. They give him evidence to prove Abraham’s stories are true. (Chapter 11)