Spider Kane and the Mystery Under the May-Apple Vocabulary
SPIDER KANE AND THE MYSTERY UNDER THE MAY-APPLE VOCABULARY
1. Mocking: imitate with sarcasm
2. Scavenger: looking for something usable
3. Nonchalant: calm
4. Glanced: look quickly at
5. Embraced: to hug with lots of affection
6. Iridescent: multiple colors that change with movement
7. Enthralled: to give your total attention
8. Disarray: not organized
9. Trilogy: set of three
10. Hovered: to remain still over a place or an object
11. Infatuated: to admire
12. Dimly: not well lit
13. Discarded: to throw away
14. Reclusive: withdrawal from society
15. Penniless: to be without little or no money
Chapter 1 Questions:
1. Who are the main characters in Chapter One?______
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2. How did Leon meet Mimi?______
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3. Who did La Mère see with Mimi near the Lily Pond? ______
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4. Where is the setting of Mimi’s house?______
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Chapter 2 Questions:
5. Why didn’t Mimi want to talk about where she previously lived?______
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6. Where did Leon’s mother grow up?______
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7. Why does La Mère try to hide where she grew up?______
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8. What riddle did Mimi share with Leon?______
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9. What have bad experiences taught Mimi?______
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10. What shined brightly on Mimi’s head? ______
Chapter 3 Questions:
11. Who does La Mère want Leon to like?______
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12. Why did Leon leave his mother?______
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13. What did Rosie and Little Pickles do for a living?______
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14. What was Leon’s nickname? ______
15. Where did Leon stay after he left his home? ______
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16. What name did La Mère call Mimi?______
Chapter 4 Questions:
17. Why did Leon feel sorry for Dogtick? ______
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18. What happened when Leon arrived at Mimi’s house?______
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Chapter 5 Questions:
19. What did Leon think happened to Mimi? ______
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20. What made Leon think Walter Dogtick kidnapped Mimi? ______
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21. Who is Spider Kane? ______
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22. How would you describe Leon at the end of Part I? ______
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Chapter 6 Questions:
23. How did Rosie and Little Pickles find Spider Kane’s house? ______
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24. What rare gift does Spider Kane have that makes him unique? ______
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Chapter 7 Questions:
25. What does anxious mean? ______
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26. How do you know if a butterfly is lying? ______
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27. At the end of Chapter 7, where did Spider Kane want to go? ______
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Chapter 8 Questions:
28. What was written in the dirt at the crime scene? ______
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29. What does dismay mean? ______
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Chapter 9 Questions:
30. What was Leon thinking the “D” stood for in the message? ______
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31. What did Leon think the message said? ______
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Chapter 10 Questions:
32. What TWO things was La Mère accused of in this chapter? ______
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33. Why did Leon think his mother kidnapped Mimi? What evidence did he have to support his idea? ______
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Chapter 11 Questions:
34. Spider Kane said Dogtick didn’t harm Mimi. Did he technically steal? Why or why not? ______
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35. What time did Spider Kane invite everyone to his house? ______
Chapter 12 Questions:
36. Who is Dr. T. K. Ant? ______
37. Mimi didn’t steal the items, but she was trying to do what? ______
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38. What did the message in the dirt truly say? ______
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39. What does arrogant mean? ______
Chapter 13 Questions:
40. Who kidnapped Mimi? ______
41. Who is Hawk? ______
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42. Why did Hawk steal? ______
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43. By then end of Chapter 13, did Leon find out the true identity of Mimi? ______
44. What was her true identity? ______
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Chapter 14 Questions:
45. Why did Hawk decide to help Mimi escape? ______
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46. How did the emperor find Mimi? ______
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Chapter 15 Questions:
47. Where was La Mère going to move? ______
48. What does La Mère want for her son? ______
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Chapter 16 Questions:
49. What did Leon think he heard whispering through the grass and weeds? ______
Chapter 17 Questions:
50. What did Hawk mean when he said, “This ain’t no Bug Scouts.”?_____
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51. What was Leon’s job in the little army? ______
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Chapter 18 Questions:
52. Why did the deathwatch beetle make the “clickitty” sound?______
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53. Who was making the eerie, whining sound? ______
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Chapter 19 Questions:
54. How did the ladybugs and Spider Kane get past the mosquitoes? ____
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Chapter 20 Questions:
55. Why did the emperor want to keep Mimi as his queen? ______
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56. What did Rosie mean when she said Hawk can do anything? ______
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57. What does the word corridor mean? ______
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Chapter 21 Questions:
58. Who was the Emperor Moth? ______
59. How would you describe Leon in Chapter 21? ______
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Chapter 22 Questions:
60. What did Leon find that he was truly looking for on this adventure?
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61. What is the purpose of The Order of the MOTH? ______
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62. What was the climax in the story? ______
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63. Hawk is quite clever. What does clever mean? ______
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Write a Review:
· “Catchy” beginning – quote or question
· Summary without giving the ending away (include characters, setting, what happens)
· Do you like the story? Why or why not?
· “Gotcha” closing
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