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Solimar
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Whose arrival is Solimar excited about at the beginning of the book? | Monarch butterflies |
| Who goes with Solimar to greet the butterflies? | Lázaro |
| What type of bird is Lázaro? | quetzal |
| What is special about the Monarch butterflies? | New generations return to the same place every year. |
| What happened to Solimar's rebozo while she was with the butterflies? | It became iridescent on one side. |
| What does Solimar's Abuela do? | She makes medicines and potions from plants and herbs. |
| When will Solimar become a princess? | On her 15th birthday. |
| Why does Solimar say she will never be in line for the throne? | She has an older brother. |
| What is Campeón's real name? | Constantino |
| What is the expedition the king and other men go on every year? | The outdoor fair called El Gran Mercado. |
| What keeps happening when Solimar and Abuela return to the village? | Solimar keeps making predictions without meaning to. |
| When Solimar and Abuela return to the castle, what starts happening? | Solimar's predictions start coming true. |
| What happens at first when María tries to test Solimar's ability to predict the future? | Solimar isn't able to make any predictions. |
| What does Solimar realize about her abilities when María is testing her? | She has to be in the sun for it to work. |
| When Solimar tries to hide the rebozo, what happens? | It keeps reappearing. |
| Why does Solimar's father call King Aveno King Ávido, or King Greedy? | King Aveno has been cutting down trees and selling the lumber, and now he wants to buy other kingdoms' lands to do the same. |
| Who will be in charge of the kingdom while King Sebastián is away? | Queen Rosalinda and Señor Verde |
| What does Campeón tell Solimar the night before the expedition? | He plans to leave on a ship instead of returning to San Gregorio. |
| What does Abuela show Solimar in the library? | a secret passageway |
| Who does Abuela say she often visits when she takes the secret passageway? | Doña Flor |
| What is Doña Flor? | a folk healer/La curandera |
| Why does Doña Flor say Solimar's intuition only works in the sun? | Butterflies are active in sunshine. |
| Why does Doña Flor say the sun is a double-edged sword? | Solimar has to open the rebozo in the sun to warm and strengthen the butterflies embedded in it, but in the sun she might answer a question, which drains strength from the butterflies. |
| Who came back from Doña Flor with Abuela and Solimar? | Zarita the doll |
| What is supposed to happen during the quinceañera to signify Solimar's passage from childhood to womanhood? | She changes from flat shoes to high-heeled shoes. |
| Why did Solimar's mother miss the dress fitting? | She was meeting with Señor Verde, Juan Pedro, and King Aveno |
| Why did Solimar leave the dress fitting? | She forgot her shoes. |
| What happened after Solimar left the fitting? | King Aveno put everyone under house arrest. |
| Who was the traitor? | Juan Pedro |
| Who spied on Solimar and Abuela at Doña Flor's cottage? | Juan Pedro |
| Where did Solimar go first when she fled the castle? | Doña Flor's cottage |
| How did Doña Flor suggest Solimar get to Puerto Rivera? | canoe down the Río Diablo |
| What happened to the canoe at the first waterfall on the river? | It went over the edge. |
| Who saved Solimar from the waterfall? | Berto |
| What is Berto's house in the trees shaped like? | a boat |
| Where is Berto's home? | Valle Granada |
| What is Valle Granada known for? | pomegranates |
| Why is Berto so far from his home? | They need water for the crops, so he is trying to come up with a way to get water from the river to his village. |
| When Berto doesn't believe Solimar's story about who she is and her gift, what does she do? | She predicts what he has caught in the net he's about to go check. |
| What does Berto make Solimar before they leave? | river sandals |
| What did Berto make to travel on the river? | a raft |
| Why is the rapid, Devil's Teeth, named that? | When the water is low the boulders look like a mouthful of jagged teeth. |
| Who gave Berto directions to get through the cave? | his father |
| What did Berto name the raft? | La Magdalena |
| Who is La Magdalena name after? | Berto's mother |
| Who does Solimar see upriver the morning she and Berto will go through Devil's Teeth? | four of King Aveno's guards |
| When they reach the cavern with three tunnels off it, which does Berto chose? | the bat-filled tunnel |
| What does Berto say throughout the book when there's a problem? | "I can fix that." |
| How does Berto get them food in the market? | He helps a man carry his groceries and the man gives him two burritos. |
| How do Berto and Solimar plan to find Campeón? | They wait for him on the road to the harbor. |
| Who pretended to be King Sebastián when leaving the camp? | Arturo |
| Where does King Sebastián go after meeting with Solimar and Berto? | To the secret meeting. |
| Who slipped a note into Solimar's sandwich? | Señora Batista |
| What did the note in the sandwich say? | "Don't eat the pastries." |
| What happened when King Aveno took the rebozo from Solimar? | A tornado-like cloud came from the forest and took King Aveno and Juan Pedro away. |
| What happened to Valle Granada at the end of the book? | It became part of the kingdom of San Gregorio. |
| What did Campeón and King Sebastián decide? | While Campeón is away, Solimar will be the prince regent and then king regent when she turns 18. |
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