Chapters 1-3

Reading Check

1. A metal grate in the laundry room (Chapter 1)

2. A cockroach (Chapter 2)

Short Answer

1. Gregor’s father has been missing for approximately two years. Gregor does not allow himself to visualize a future where his father returns because he is afraid that it might never happen, and allowing himself to fantasize about the future only makes accepting the reality of his father’s absence harder. (Chapter 1)

2. Gregor thinks Luxa is arrogant and doesn’t like the way she meanly teases Boots. He thinks that his mother would have called Luxa a girl “with real attitude.” (Chapter 3)

Chapters 4-7

Reading Check

1. The Overland (Chapter 4)

2. Bartholomew of Sandwich (Chapter 6)

Short Answer

1. A bemused Vikus dismisses the idea that the crawlers would have killed Boots and Gregor as “it would give them no time.” (Chapter 4)

2. Luxa says that an Underlander and their bonded bat “keep each other alive.” (Chapter 6)

3. After learning that the palace receives water from a continuous stream that runs beneath its structure, Gregor plans to use the river to navigate to the Waterway.