The Emerald Atlas Questions and Answers

Chapter one: Mrs. Lovestock's Hat


Questions:

1.  Mrs. Lovestock loved all things related to _______?
2. What did Mr. Lovestock do on his annual vacations that prove to be quite ironic?
3. Mrs. Crumbly, the mean headmistress of the orphanage, likes to eat ______?
4. What is so special about the book, "The Dwarf Omnibus"?
5. Why did the children leave St. Mary's with Sister Agatha?
6. Ten years have passed, how old are the kids now?
7. In the past ten years, how many orphanages had the kids been living? A) 8, B) 6, C) 10, D) 12
8. Ms. Crumbly's orphanage is named, "Edgar Allan Poe Home for Hopeless and Incorrigible Orphans".  What does the highlighted word mean?
9. Why do the children refuse to consider themselves orphans?

Answers:

1. swans
2. hunts swans
3. candy
4. This book was tucked into Michael's blankets Christmas eve night when they left their parent's.  Their mom had given it to their dad as a Christmas present.
5. Sister Agatha burned the place down smoking in bed
6. Kate is 14, Michael is 12, Emma is 11
7. D
8. can't be corrected or made to do/act correctly
9. The children do not believe that their parents are dead.

Chapter two: Mrs. Crumbly's Revenge

1. On their way to the new orphanage, what did Kate and Emma learn that Michael had stolen by sneaking into Ms. Crumbly's office?
2. What promise did Kate make to her mother? 
3. Michael and Emma tried to think of possible ideas hoping that their suggestions would help Kate remember what?
4. On their way to Cambridge Falls, who picks the kids up in a horse drawn wagon?  
5. What do the kids discover that comes out at night in Cambridge Falls that causes them fear and Abraham to worry?
6. As they approach the huge orphanage, Kate realizes that she first dreamt of the orphanage when she fell asleep where?

Answers:

1. A bag of candy 
2. Kate promised to take care of her brother and sister 
3. Their last name that begins with a P
4. Abraham 
5. Wolves 
6. On the train to Cambridge Falls

 

Chapter Three: The King and Queens of France

1. Who is the character described as the "old crab-backed housekeeper and cook?
2. Their first night after the best dinner they'd had in years, what did Abraham give to the children and why?
3. Kate had many questions about Cambridge Falls, but what worried her most? 
4. What was Abraham's warning to the children? 

Answers:

1. Miss Sallow 
2. Abraham gave them" an old black-and-white photograph" that "showed A wide lake and, in the distance, the chimney – Peaked roofs of houses rising above the trees". He wanted them to see how the bleak place used to look. 
3. Kate wondered why there were no children anywhere.
4. Abraham warned them not to roam around.