Gregor the Overlander: Ch. 7-9 Reading Check

How does Gregor try to escape from the palace?

• Dressing up like a guard

• Jumping out of a window

• Taking a canoe down the river

• Hiding in a bin of garbage

The river has a slow moving current and is safe to travel on.

• True

• False

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At the end of Chapter 7, what does Gregor physically run into at the opening of the cave?

• A bat

• A spider

• A rat

• A cockroach

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What are the names of the rats that Gregor runs into?

• Fangor & Shed

• Ripred & Fangor

• Cleaver & Fangor

• Shed & Ripred

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What about Gregor shocks the rats when they first meet him? (2 answers)

• His tan skin

• Boots is strapped on his back

• His brown eyes

• His courage

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What does "more time" actually mean according to Gregor?

• Having a longer life

• Extra hours in a day

• Doing hard labor

• Time spent with friends

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What does Gregor do when Henry tells him to flee from the fight?

• Gregor saves Perdita by waving his torch in Fangor's face

• Gregor runs into the cave with Boots

• Gregor hops on Perdita's bat and escapes to Regalia

• Gregor stabs Fangor with Henry's sword

Who saves Gregor from Shed by stabbing him in the throat?

• Luxa

• Henry

• Perdita

• Boots

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What message does Shed pass on to Gregor as he is dying?

• "We hunt you to the last rat."

• "This isn't the end, Overlander."

• "We have your dad held hostage."

• "The sun will never shine again."

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What do the Underlanders do to the beach where the battle took place?

• Light everything on fire

• Nothing

• Clean everything with bleach

• Bring the bodies of the rats back to Regalia

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