Chapters 1-7

Reading Check

1. In a farmhouse-castle on the mountainside (Chapter 1)

2. She goes through a secret passageway and along many halls and passages. (Chapter 3)

3. In the mines (Chapter 6)

4. A kiss (Chapter 6)

Short Answer

1. Lootie does not believe Irene and becomes angry with her because Irene disappeared and now is supposedly telling lies. (Chapter 4)

2. Curdie knows that the goblins hate singing and that they stay away from people who do not fear them. He helps Irene by singing when she and Lootie are attacked by a goblin on the mountainside after nightfall. (Chapter 6)

3. Grandmother shows Irene her pigeons and the thread she is spinning, both of which indicate that she is mysterious and otherworldly. (Chapter 3)

Chapters 8-16

Reading Check

1. Glump (Chapter 9)

2. She allowed Irene to stay out past nightfall. (Chapter 10)

3. Cobs/Goblin Creatures (Chapter 13)

4. Next Friday night (Chapter 11)

Short Answer

1. Grandmother tells Irene that Lootie would not believe in her even if she were to see her because she would reason that she was either dreaming or ill.