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MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN - FINAL

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 2hrs 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What did Jacob see in the woods when he found his grandfather?
a)
an alien
b)
a vampire
c)
a Wight
d)
a Hollowgast
2.
Where did Jacob and his father go on vacation?
a)
London
b)
Wales
c)
Germany
d)
Hawaii
3.
What can Jacob see that no one else can?
a)
Wights
b)
Death
c)
Hollowgasts
d)
Peculiar Children
4.
Why were the peculiar children on the island?
a)
They ran a circus
b)
Refuge from monsters in the outside world
c)
They were searching for something
d)
They didn't know how to leave the island
5.
What was Miss Peregrine?
a)
a Hollowgast
b)
An Ymbryne
c)
A fairy
d)
A Poltergeist
6.
What year was the time loop stuck in?
a)
1938
b)
1939
c)
1940
d)
1950
7.

What is the island with the loop's name?

a)

Wawanakwa

b)

Cairnholm

c)

Phyrria

d)

Denounment

8.

Which character got shot?

a)

Jacob

b)

Emma

c)

Millard

d)

Hugh

9.

Who was the wight?

a)

Dr. Golan

b)

The ornithologist

c)

Grandpa Portman

d)

Kev the barman

10.

What was Jacob's dad's last name?

a)

Golan

b)

Benjamin

c)

isadumdum

d)

Portman

11.
What is the recent change in his life that Jacob discusses?
a)
His parents divorce
b)
His grandfather's death.
c)
Problems on the job
d)
His friend calling him names
12.
According to Jacob's father, what were the monsters to which Abe refers?
a)
Nazi Soldiers.
b)
Grandfather's own parents
c)
Korean soldiers
d)
American soldiers
13.
What happens when Jacob sleeps
a)
He dreams about his grandfather
b)
He has horrible nightmares about an unknown monster
c)
He sees the peculiar children
d)
He dreams about leaving the family business
14.
Who is Dr. Golan
a)
Jacob's lawyer
b)
The inn keeper
c)
Grandpa's doctor
d)
Jacob's psychiatrist.
15.
What do Ricky and Jacob find in the woods as they follow a trail?
a)
Monsters from grandfather's descriptions/stories
b)
Jacob's grandfather bloody and semi-conscious.
c)
Grandpa's weapons
d)
They find nothing
16.
Why is Jacob's father agreeable to go with Jacob to the island?
a)
To spend father/son time.
b)
To get away from his wife
c)
There is a rare bird on the island.
d)
To spend time with his son
17.

After reaching the house and searching for "something" to answer his questions, what does Jacob find under a bed?

a)

A trunk full of clothes

b)

A trunk full of pictures.

c)

A trunk full of letters

d)

A trunk full of his grandfather's belongings

18.
What convinces Jacob to return to the house a second time?
a)
His dad
b)
The words of his grandfather
c)
A bird that entered in his room at the inn
d)
The strangeness of the island
19.
What surprises Jacob when he goes through the cairn to the house for the second time?
a)
The house was empty
b)
The house was still dilapidated or run-down.
c)
The house was gone.
d)
It's sunny and the house is beautiful.
20.
Which peculiar children did Jacob meet first?
a)
Hugh and Enoch
b)
Emma and Bronwyn
c)
Millard and Fiona
d)
Emma and Millard
21.
Who does Jacob finally meet inside the house?
a)
A younger Abe
b)
The monsters
c)
Miss Peregrine
d)
Soldiers
22.
What is the date of the loop.
a)
September 4, 1940
b)
September 3, 1940
c)
September 2, 1940
d)
September 5, 1940
23.
What would happen if the peculiar children left the time loop for a long period of time?
a)
They would melt
b)
They would age
c)
They would no longer be accepted back into the loop
d)
They would loose their peculiarity
24.
What was Jacob's final choice?
a)
Go home with his dad.
b)
Continue to see the psychiatrist for additional help.
c)
Give up his peculiarity of seeing hollowgasts.
d)
Go with the children and kill all of the wights
25.
What happened to Millard that hurt him badly?
a)
He got shot trying to kill Dr. Golan.
b)
The others turned their backs on him
c)
He lost his peculiarity 
d)
He lost his memory
26.
What is the power that Jacob has that makes him not normal?
a)
he has futuristic dreams
b)
He can see hollowgasts
c)
He can run as fast as the speed of lightening
d)
he is the only one who can see wights
27.
Who were the wight(s) that played a big part in Jacob's life?
a)
Dr Golan
b)
an old bus driver
c)
his grandfather's neighbor
d)
all the above
28.
What is Jacob's dilemma?
a)
To stay with Ms. Peregrine or to return to his regular life
b)
whether he should use his peculiarity
c)
whether he should continue to see Dr. Golan
29.
Why didn't Abe return to the "Miss Peregrine's Home"?
a)
He was too scared to return
b)
After he fought in the war he no longer wanted to run and hide
c)
He lost his peculiarity
30.
Why does Emma care so much about Jacob?
a)
Abe is a young and handsome gentle man
b)
She was in love with Abe and she sees Abe in Jacob
c)
Jacob could see hollowgasts and she liked that about him
31.
Why is Miss Peregrine angry with Jacob when he comes back the second day?
a)
She is upset about Jacob and Emma's relationship
b)
He took them out of the loop
c)
Jacob told them about the future
d)
She is upset that Jacob left and never returned
32.
Strange or odd; unusual
a)
Apocalyptic
b)
Peculiar
c)
Feigning
d)
Incompetent
33.
The quality of being thankful.
a)
Feigning
b)
Imcompetent
c)
Gratitude
d)
Putrefying
34.
Not important; insignificant.
a)
Unextraordinary
b)
Perpetuate
c)
Inconsequential
d)
Uncanny
35.
A type of bird-specifically a falcon.
a)
Peregrine
b)
Ornithologist
c)
Hawk
d)
Avocet
36.
Not able to be understood.
a)
Unextraordinary
b)
Uncanny
c)
Incomprehensible
d)
Inconsequential
37.
Unwilling or hesitant; not wanting to do something.
a)
Subtly
b)
Reluctant
c)
Transient
d)
Philanderer
38.
To destroy completely; to put an end to.
a)
Eradicate
b)
Transient
c)
Reluctant
d)
Loiter
39.

"Trees burst forth from broken windows and skins of scabrous vine gnawed at the walls like antibodies attacking a virus—as if nature itself had waged war against it..."

CHOOSE THE BEST DEFINITION FOR THE UNDERLINED WORD AS USED IN ABOVE QUOTE..

a)

rough

b)

indecent

c)

scandalous

d)

new

40.

"At base, it is a simple dichotomy: there are the coerlfolc...and there is the hidden branch...."

CHOOSE THE BEST DEFINITION FOR THE UNDERLINED WORD AS IT USED IN THE QUOTE ABOVE.

a)

mutually similar

b)

two parts

c)

forked

d)

disagreement

41.

"I discovered Emerson’s soporific qualities the hard way, by falling asleep with my face in the book, drooling all over an essay called “Self- Reliance”and having the vending-machine dream for the sixth time that week."

CHOOSE THE BEST DEFINITION FOR THE UNDERLINED WORD AS IT IS USED IN TEXT.

a)

easy

b)

dull

c)

educational

d)

unhelpful

42.

"Daylight streamed through the hole onto a mound of splintered floorboards and broken glass from which rose coils of silty dust, pieces of torn carpet plastered here and there like scraps of desiccated meat."

CHOOSE THE BEST DEFINITION OF THE UNDERLINED WORD AS IT IS USED IN THE QUOTE.

a)

well-done

b)

dehydrated

c)

barbecued

d)

tough

43.

"She was dressed head to toe in black, her hair pinned in a perfectly round knot atop her head, with lace gloves and a high-collared blouse fastened tightly at her throat—as fastidiously as the house itself."

CHOOSE THE BEST DEFINITION AS IT PERTAINS TO THE UNDERLINED WORD FROM THE TEXT.

a)

neatly

b)

correctly

c)

messily

d)

disastrously

44.

"I couldn’t square my grandfather’s idyllic stories with this nightmare house, nor the idea that he’d found refuge here with the sense of disaster that pervaded it."

THE WORD IDYLLIC AS USED IN THE ABOVE QUOTE MEANS PICTURESQUE OR CHARMING.

a)

True

b)

False

45.

“Absolutely not,” I said with a wink,even though it was true. My dad liked to believe I was as popular and adventuresome as he was at my age—a myth it had always seemed easiest to perpetuate."

THE WORD "PERPETUATE" AS USED ABOVE MEANS "END THE LINE."

a)

True

b)

False

46.

"Where I remembered patinas of green mold there was wallpaper and wainscoting and cheerful shades of paint. Flowers were arranged in vases."

THE WORD "PATINAS" AS USED IN QUOTE ABOVE MEANS "A FILM PRODUCED BY OXIDATION ON THE SURFACE OF OLD BRONZE"

a)

True

b)

False

47.

“Oh well, there’s always next year,” when all the lights flooded on to reveal streamers, balloons, and a motley assortment of aunts, uncles, cousins I rarely spoke to...."

THE WORD "MOTLEY" AS USED ABOVE MEANS "MIXED."

a)

True

b)

False

48.

Other than becoming a bird, what peculiar skill does Miss Peregrine have?

a)

she can fly

b)

she can see into the future

c)

she can manipulate time

d)

she can bring people back to life

49.

Who was actually Grandpa Portman's (Abe's) sweetheart?

a)

Miss Peregrine

b)

Claire

c)

Olive

d)

Emma

50.

What happens every evening at the children's home?

a)

The bomb drops and all the children die

b)

The loop resets and the day starts over

c)

The children flee into the woods never to return

d)

Miss Peregrine is killed by the bomb

51.

Miss Peregrine tells Jacob that only female shapeshifters can be _______ who can manipulate time.

a)

hollowgasts

b)

ymbrynes

c)

fairies

d)

cairns

52.

Jacob's father has him talk to someone on the telephone - who does he talk to?

a)

His mother

b)

Rickey

c)

Dr. Golan

d)

Miss Peregrine

53.

Dr. Golan suggests that Jacob and his father return to Florida.

a)

True

b)

False

54.

Miss Peregrine is the only ymbryne in the world.

a)

True

b)

False

55.

If something is uncanny, it is...

a)

mysterious

b)

continuous

c)

likely to be influenced

d)

impressive or magnificent in appearance

56.

What assumption does Jacob make about Millard after meeting Miss Peregrine?

a)

He is stubborn.

b)

He is a suck up.

c)

He is not very smart.

d)

He is manipulative.

57.

What do the men in the bar (after going through the loop) accuse Jacob of?

a)

Being peculiar

b)

Being a spy

c)

Being a thief

d)

Lighting the bar on fire

58.
Grandspa's black and white photographs showed some very ___________ kids doing ____________ things.
a)
regale, extraordinary
b)
peculiar, skeptical
c)
peculiar, lurid
d)
peculiar, extraordinary
59.
Jacob felt _________ to watch after his grandpa because neither his mother nor his father wanted to do it.
a)
regale
b)
lurid
c)
obliged
d)
inoculated
60.
Because she could _________, the kids gave her the ___________ "Balloon Girl".
a)
regale, moniker
b)
banal, lanai
c)
levitate, moniker
d)
levitate, banal
61.
Jacob could not _______ his story to Dr. Golan like grandpa could do.  Grandpa told stories in a much more entertaining way.
a)
regale
b)
oblige
c)
earnest
d)
fathom
62.
A common ___________ for a psychiatrist is "shrink".
a)
banal
b)
regale
c)
moniker
d)
lurid
63.
Where do Jacob and his father stay on the island?
a)
Priest's Hole Inn.
b)
Poppy's Home Inn
c)
A butchery
d)
A bar/pub.
64.

" I think they worried that my grandfather would infect me with some incurable dreaminess from which I'd never recover...."

THIS QUOTE USES:

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

pun

65.

After Grandpa died, Jacob would not leave the house and slept in laundry room. Why?

a)

It was warm.

b)

There were lots of blankets there.

c)

The door locked from the inside.

d)

It was where nobody would find him.

66.

"Fog closed around us like a blindfold." This is a:

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

pun

d)

oxymoron

67.

The Waiting Woman was a ________________ dedicated to ___________.

a)

cairn; to sailors lost at sea

b)

statue; islanders lost at sea

c)

rock; Jacob's grandfather

d)

statue; September 3, 1940

68.

"The easiest kind of lying is when you leave things out of a story rather than make them up."

Who said this?

a)

Abe Portman

b)

Jacob Portman

c)

Miss Peregrine

d)

Ricky

69.

"... I never had a chance to stop and wonder if I might be chasing a hallucination."

Can a hallucination be caught?

a)

yes

b)

no

70.

"... this perpetual deathless summer- had arrested their emotions as well as their bodies, sealing them in their youth like Peter Pan and his lost boys."

This quote contains an:

a)

oxymoron

b)

pun

c)

allusion

d)

illusion