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Hugo Cabret
Reading Olympics Book 2012 - 2013
Question | Answer |
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Ch 1: Who is the main character? | Hugo Cabret. |
What did he see from behind the great clock? | An old man who owned the toy booth was arguing with a girl. |
How did the old man look? | Agitated. Hugo thought that he found out that he stole the toys but still he needed them. |
when did hugo make his move? | Right when the old man closed his eyes. |
what was in Hugo's pocket? | His notebook. |
What did the old man say when he saw the drawings in the note book? | Ghosts. |
What did he do to the notebook? | Keep it and might burn it. |
Ch 2:Where did Hugo live? | In a cluster of secret apartments that had been built for the people who ran the station years ago. |
Which clock did Hugo go to first? | As always the big glass clocks on the roof. |
What was next to the station inspector's desk? | A jail cell that sat waiting for criminals. |
Ch 3:What sound did the old man hate? | The sound of heels clicking on the floor. |
Where did the old man live? | In a decrepit apartment building across from the graveyard. |
Ch 4:When Hugo threw a rock at the window what happened? | The girl from the toy booth peered out. |
What was the old man's name? | Papa Georges. |
What did both Hugo and the girl do? | They both spied on each other. |
What did the girl promise him? | That she will make sure that the book doesn't get burned. then Hugo ran off. |
ch5. what did Hugo take out after a long time? | a man who was built entirely of clockwork and fine machinery. it became the center of Hugo's life. |
how did it get into his house? Pg 114. | one day his dad brought it from his work. he found in at the museums attic |
what was it called? | an automaton. there are many types of these like a singing bird in a cage, an acrobat in a trapeze |
what did this one do? | write |
who usually makes these? | magicians to use in their performances |
what was the secret of the Automaton? | the clock works. Hugo thought his father could fix it since he was a clock maker |
where was his workshop? | in the museum's attic |
where did Hugo get his notebook from? | from his father as a birthday gift. |
what happened one night? | the old guard in the museum forgot that Hugo's dad was still at work and locked the museum. |
what happened to his father? Pg 120 | a fire broke out in the museum and he died in it. |
who took care of Hugo then? | his uncle |
what did his uncle tell him? | that he is done with school since there wouldn't be time for it in the walls of the station |
what did Hugo want to be when he grew up? | a magician because of the Automaton |
what did uncle Claude teach Hugo that he really despised? | stealing for food even though it was the only way to get food at times |
what happened one night after his uncle left? | his uncle never came back |
what did Hugo see one day at the museum's wreckage? | the Automaton |
what did Hugo really want to do ever since? | fix the Automaton |
who drew the drawings in Hugo's notebook? | his dad which were drawings of instructions to make an Automaton |
what was Hugo's new goal? | to get back his notebook from the old man. |
Ch6: What did the old man at the toy booth give Higo the next morning? | Ashes wrapped in a handkerchief. |
What did Hugo notice while he was crying? | That Papa Georges was crying too. |
What did Hugo notice when he picked up his coffee? | A folded up piece of paper was on table which said " meet me at the bookseller's on the other side of the train station "and " your note book wasn't burned" |
ch 7 What was the name of the bookstore? | R.Labisse,Bookseller new and used |
What did the book store remind him of? | remind him of his school and his best friends,Antoine and Louis. |
Who was in the bookstore waiting for him? | The girl he saw at Papa George's house. |
What did the girl like? | secrets |
Where did Hugo go after the bookstore? | To the toy booth. |
What did the old man tell him to do? | be useful. |
What did Hugo do to be useful? | he took a broom and started to sweep the floor,also he bought two croissants and two coffees for each of them. |
what did the old man tell him to do with a crushed up blue wind up mouse? | Fix it with tiny screw drivers,pliers,files and brass hammers. |
What did the old man tell Hugo after he fixed the mouse? | That he is talented and is good with the mechanical things and that he can prove himself more than being a thief. |
What was the deal? | That Hugo has to work for him for months and then he can get his notebook back. |
What was the risk in it? | That after all these hard work he might even not get back his notebook as it could be already burned. |
did Hugo agree to the man's proposal? | he didn't like it much but it was a start for him. |
Ch 8 What did the man do at the toy booth? | He made a card float up by itself and then lower into the deck again. |
how did the old man react when Hugo asked him how he did that? | he said " was I doing that? Wasn't paying attention" |
What did the girl tell Hugo? | To meet her at the bookstore in 10 mints. |
Did the girl find the Hugo's notebook yet? | No,but she was still looking for it. |
Who entered through the door? | someone named "Etienne" who the girl knew. |
What was girls name? | Isabelle |
What does Etienne do? | he works at the movie theatre and sneaks her in bec, papa George's won,t allow her to see any movies. |
What was the last movie Hugo saw with his father? | "Safety last" which shows a man hanging from the arms of a giant clock. |
What memories did the idea of going to the movies bring back to Hugo? | That once his father saw a movie which showed a rocket fly right into the eye of the man in the moon. His father never experienced anything like it before. |
What book did Hugo get from the bookstore? | Practical manual of Card Magic and Illusions. |
Why did Etienne have an eye patch? | Because he lost his eye as skid while playing with fireworks. A Portuguese rocket flew into it. |
What magic trick did Etienne show Hugo? | By making a coin appear from under his eye patch which he gave to Hugo to buy the book. |
Ch 9: How well did Hugo read the magic book? | He read from cover to cover, reread his favorite parts, memorized whole section and practiced with whatever he could find. |
What did Hugo do for the first time? | Fix something on the mechanical man without using his notebook. |
What happened to Isabelle's parents? | They died when she was a baby and papa georges and mama jeanne were her godparents so they took her in and cared for her. |
What did the man say when Hugo asked him about Etienne? | That he fired him since he was snw=eaking kids in to the theater. |
What did Isabelle do to get them inside? | Used a pin to open the door. She learned that from books. |
What movies did they watch? | The Clock Store and The Million. |
What did the manager do? | He found them and took them out of the theater and waited till they ran away. |
When Hugo started to run what did Isabelle do? | Chase after him. Then she fell. |
What did hugo get really interested in? | A heart shaped key which was around Isabelle's neck. He wanted to know where she got it. |
Ch 10: When Hugo went to the booth what did Papa Georges do? | Yell at him and said that he broke in to his house and stole the notebook. |
Who actually stole the notebook? | Isabelle. |
What did Hugo do to Isabelle? | Hug her. |
Ch 11: What had Hugo done with the automaton? | Completely fix it. |
What was in the middle of its back? | A heart shaped hole outlined in silver. |
Why id he hug Isabelle? | To get the heart key. |
After reading the magic book what could Hugo do? | He could make cards float in midair, turn marbles int mice and more. |
What was the best Hugo could do? | Make Isabelle's necklace disappear without her feeling a thing. |
Ch 12:Did the key fit? | Yes perfectly. |
Who entered his room? | Isabelle. She found out that he stole her key. |
What id she call Hugo? | That he is a liar and a thief. |
What was Isabelle confused about? | Why did her key fit into his father's machine. |
Who turned the key? | Isabelle. |
What mattered most to hugo when it turned on? | The message. |
What happened after the automaton stopped writing? | It showed just random disconnecting lines. |
What did the automaton keep doing? | Making the lines. |
What did it turn out to be? | The drawing that his father saw. A picture of the rocket fly into the man in the moon's eye. |
Part 2 Ch 1: What was the last thing the automaton do? | Sign a name. |
What name did it sign? | George Melies. It was Papa Georges name. |
While Isabelle and Hugo were fighting over the paper what happened? | It ripped in half. |
What did Isabelle accidentally do? | She slammed the door on Hugo's fingers. |
When Hugo showed Isabelle's godmother the picture? | Her eyes filled with tears and said that it isn't possible. |
How did Isabelle get the key? | She stole it from her godmother. |
What did she tell both of them to do? | Not to speak about it ever again. |
Ch 2: After Papa georges came back what did the old woman tell hugo to do? | Not say a word. |
What did the armoire have? | a decorative panel with two cracks in it. |
What happened when isabelle tried to take the box out? | She fell and Hugo saw that the box was covered with a blanket which had pictures of stars and moons on it. |
What did the box have in it? | Drawings by George Melies. |
What did e=the old man do when the old lady told him to stop acting silly and that he drew them. | He said he is nothing, he is a penniless merchant, a prisoner, a shell and a windup toy. |
Ch 3: After all the commotion what did Hugo do? | Took the keys to the booth and left. |
What did Hugo find in the toy booth? | The blue mouse wrapped in a handkerchief. |
Because of his hurt hand what did hugo think would happen? | The clocks will break down and the station inspector will start investigating. |
Where could Hugo find out more about movies? | The Film Academy Library. |
Ch 4: Where was the academy? | Outside of the station. |
When Hugo entered what did the lady at the desk say? | That he is too small and dirty and has to be accompanied by an adult to enter. |
Who called his name right then? | Etienne. |
What advantage did he get because of his eye patch? | It helps him look through a camera easier. |
What book did Hugo get? | The Invention of Dreams: The story of the first movies ever made. |
What was the name of the movie his father saw? | A trip to the moon. |
What did it say at the last line of the article about George Melies? | That he died in the World War 2. |
Ch 5:When Hugo sat down on the bed to talk to isabelle what did she start doing? | She cried because she was sorry about slamming his fingers. |
What happened to Mr. Melies? | He has a high fever and keeps on talking to himself. |
What did Hugo do to make the people believe that Mr. Melies is alive? | Invited them to their house next week. |
What did Hugo tell Isabelle? | The whole story of the automaton. |
Ch 6: what did Hugo do the next morning? | Set up the toy booth just like the old an did and he collected money. |
What did Greek story did Isabelle tell Hugo? | Prometheus created humankind out of mud and stole fire from the gods as a gift for the people he made. |
What did Hugo start thinking while he was at the toy booth? | If he was going to be stuck there for his entire life just like the old man. |
What did Hugo tell Isabelle? | That all machines are built for a reason. |
What does Hugo sometimes think the world is? | A big machine. |
Ch 7: What did the station inspector do? | Write a note to Hugo's uncle and asked for a face to face meeting. |
What accident took place when Hugo was very young? | A train was coming too fast and it smashed through the walls of the station and flew out the window. |
What question did Monsieur Tabard ask Isabelle? | Her godfather's full name to see if it is true. |
What did Monsieur Tabard say about Mr. Melies? | That when he was little he said "if you ever wondered where your dreams when you go to sleep at night, just look around. this is where they are made." |
What did Mr. tabard bring? | A movie of George Melies. |
What movie was it? | A trip to the moon. |
After the movie ended who showed up? | Mr. Melies. |
What did he do? | Take the projector and carried into his room and locked it. |
Ch 8: what did they here? | A loud crash and more terrible sounds. |
What did he do? | He broke off the armoire doors to get his old drawings and turned on the projector and made it face him. |
What did his parents want to do? | Work in the shoe factory. |
Who was his inspiration? | The Lumiere brothers. They made the first movies. |
Who was the only one who survived a car accident which happened to his dearest friends? | A baby girl, Isabelle. |
Why did mr. Melies stop making movies?Page 406. | Since Isabelle's parents passed away. |
What did he tell Hugo to do? | Bring the automaton. |
Ch 9: What did Hugo hear from a lady called Madam Emile? | That they found the body of a dead man at the bottom of a river.It turned out to be hugo's uncle Claud. |
What did the station inspector think? | That his ghost was keeping the clocks running, but then someone disturbed the ghost and all the clocks are breaking down. |
What happened right then? | Hugo accidentally dropped his milk bottle and madam emile found out that he was the one who stole the milk from her. |
When hugo opened the door to see who knocked what happened? | madam emile,monseur frick and the station inspector burst in like a hurricane. right then the automaton fell and broke into two. |
When the station inspector let go of hugo's broken finger what did hugo do? | He ran away. |
What happened when hugo got out of his house? | He ran into someone's back and fell over and was caught by the station inspector. |
Ch 10. Where did the station inspector put Hugo? | He threw him in the metal cell which was in his office. |
How did Hugo escaped from the cage? | The cops thought that he will open his mouth if taken to the police station and so opened his cage,that was when Hugo made a run for it. |
Where did hugo end up? | On the train tracks right when the train was coming. |
What happened at the last possible moment? | The station inspector yanked hugo off the track to safety. |
After the incident what did Hugo do? | He fainted. |
When he woke up who did he see? | George Melies. |
What couldn't the station inspector believed? | That Hugo was running the clocks the whole time. |
Why wasn't Mr. Melies worried that the automaton broke again? | Since with the two of them,hugo and him they will be able to finish it pretty fast. |
Ch 11: After six months where was Hugo's new home? | A small storage room in the back of Mr. Melies apartment. |
What had Hugo start doing again? | Going to school. |
What did Hugo do before he left? | Stuff his pockets with little magic tricks and cards as usual. |
What invatation did Hugo have? | An evening celebration of the cinema legen George Melies. |
What did Isabelle get for her birthday from her godparents? | A black and silver camera. |
Who drew the picture of Prometheus which was in the library? | Papa Georges. |
Who were Hugo's new guardians? | Papa Georges and Mama Jeane. |
How many movies did Papa Georges Produce? | About 500 and hoping that more will come. |
What did they show? | All of Georges' movies were shown after over a decade. |
What was the last film? | a Trip to the Moon. |
After the gala ended what did Hugo do? | Hugo did magic tricks. |
What did Papa Georges tell everyone? | That this is the first public performance of Professor Alcofrisbas. |
Who was Professor Alcofrisbas? | Hugo Cabret. |
Ch 12: What did Hugo do when he got older? | Build a new automaton. |
What could it produce? | Pictures of the full moon turning into a new moon. |