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Chapter 20
What is the main idea of this chapter?
What does Mrs. May think happened to the borrowers?
How would Pod, Homily, and Arrietty be able to find their way to the badger's set?
Kate spoke about Homily in a "despairing" voice.
What does the word "despairing" mean in this context?
What would the men wipe their feet on at the badger's set?
What were badger's sets similar to?
Where does Mrs. May think the borrowers actually lived after they left the house?
Mrs. May "conceded" that she did look for the borrowers when she went to visit.
What does the word "conceded" mean in this context?
The bank by the house was "riddled" with sandy holes.
What does the word "riddled" mean in this context?
What happened to the pillowcase full of items that Mrs. May had left by the badger's set?
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Question #2
A "curious" phase began for the borrowers now that the boy knew them.
What does the word "curious" mean in this context?
Question #5
What did Mrs. Driver find in the boy's suitcase?
Question #8
How will the boy take Pod, Homily, and Arrietty to the badger's set in the morning?
Question #11
Were there any events that weren't clear to you?
Chapter 14
What is the main idea of this chapter?
How did Pod treat Arrietty as they headed back home?
What did Arrietty realize about her parents when they spoke about the boy?
Homily let out a kind of "suppressed" shriek when Arrietty explained that she wrote a letter.
What does the word "a kind of suppressed" mean in this context?
Homily fanned herself "limply" with her thin hand.
What does the word "limply" mean in this context?
Arrietty told her parents how "imperative" it was to make sure the Hendrearys were alive.
What does the word "imperative" mean in this context?
How does Pod respond when Arrietty suggests that the Clocks and Hendrearys should stick together?
What is Pod worried about the most?
Why would Pod, Homily, and Arrietty not be able to stay with the Hendrearys in their badger's set?
What had Pod always been told about human beings when growing up?
Question #3
Homily grew "accustomed" to the roof coming off each night.
What does the word "accustomed" mean?