The Invention of Hugo Cabret: Chapter 5

What was the large, heavy object that was hidden in the wall?

• a pile of boxes

• a mechanical man

• a toy he had stolen from the toy booth

• a large broken clock

What did Hugo's father tell him the mechanical man was called?

• an automaton

• an horologist

• a magician

• an acrobat

What did Hugo's father say was different about the automaton?

• It could speak.

• It was magical.

• It could write.

• It could sing.

What did Hugo's father give him as a birthday present?

• his notebook

• the automaton

• a clock

• a wind-up toy

What happened to Hugo's father?

• He was trapped in the museum attic and died in a fire.

• He left and never came back.

• He became very ill and died.

• He went to work in the train station.

Who did Hugo have to go live with?

• Papa Georges

• his Uncle Claude

• the little girl

• the Station Inspector

What title did Hugo's uncle give to him?

• Captain

• Automaton

• Apprentice Horologist

• Apprentice Timekeeper

What is an horologist?

• someone who repairs trains

• someone who makes and repairs clocks

• someone who makes and repairs toys

• someone who makes automatons

Where did Hugo find himself when he escaped?

• in front of the burned-down museum

• back at the train station

• at the toy booth

• at the police station

What did Hugo do with the automaton?

• He brought it back to the train station.

• He left it at the museum.

• He took it home.

• He destroyed it.