Student’s Guide for Poppy
Chapter 1 (pp. 1-8)
My think, write, and talk about chapter guide My vocabulary list:
ebony
1. Who are the main characters in the story? Make a appetizing
character web. utterly
savory
talon
timid
2. Poppy tells Ragweed that “being careless is stupid.”
What was she referring to? _____________________
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3. Why are Poppy and Ragweed on Bannock Hill? _____________________
4. What does Mr. Ocax mean when he says, “If they move without my permission,
they have only themselves to blame for the consequences.”
5. What is the setting of the story?
6. What did Mr. Ocax do to Ragweed? To Poppy?
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Student’s Guide for Poppy
Chapter 2 (pp. 9-15)
My think, write, and talk about chapter guide My vocabulary list:
protruding
1. Why do you think Poppy’s parents discourage their lurid
children from being curious? persevered
indignant
dread
dainty
2. What do the mice think Mr. Ocax protects them from?
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3. What do the mice have to get permission to do?
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4. What is Mr. Ocax’s reason for the mice needing to get permission?
5. What exceptional qualities does Mr. Ocax have?
6. What will Mr. Ocax do if the mice disobey him and break his rules?
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Student’s Guide for Poppy
Chapter 3 (pp. 16-24)
My think, write, and talk about chapter guide My vocabulary list:
terrain
1. What place did Mr. Ocax keep a secret? seething
catapulted
avenge
haven
2. What did Mr. Ocax hate more then a creature who crevice
neglected to ask to move about the territory?
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3. What was included in the pellet Mr. Ocax spit up? _____________________
4. Where did Poppy and her family live?
5. When Poppy finally got home again, she noticed a small red flag hanging from
one end of the roof. What did it mean?
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Student’s Guide for Poppy
Chapter 4 (pp. 25-35)
My think, write, and talk about chapter guide My vocabulary list:
wavered
1. What was the topic of the emergency meeting? abundant
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2. Where are the mice going to move? Where is it located? _____________________
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3. What does Lungwort say are the dangers of staying at Gray House?
4. What does Lungwort say they have to do before moving?
5. What does Lungwort ask Poppy to do?
6. According to Lungwort, why did Ragweed die?
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Student’s Guide for Poppy
Chapter 5 (pp. 36-47)
My think, write, and talk about chapter guide My vocabulary list:
1. Why did the mice have to carry a white flag? frailty
assemble
obstruction
visibility
2. How did the other mice react to Ragweed’s death? agitated
serene
contradict
deluge
3. Why didn’t the mice like Ragweed (3 things)? _____________________
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4. What was so ironic about Ragweed’s last words to Poppy?
5. What was Poppy’s job as she and Lungwort made their journey? Why was
this job so important?
6. Why did Poppy say Mr. Ocax was an owl that made his own lightning?
7. Why did Poppy question to herself whether her father could protect her?
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Chapter 6 (pp. 48-56)
My think, write, and talk about chapter guide My vocabulary list:
1. What time of year is it? prodded
queasy
averted
2. Why is Mr. Ocax so grumpy when he’s talking to uncertainty
Lungwort?
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3. Why do you think Mr. Ocax ask Poppy what happened to her nose when he
already knew?
4. What did Poppy hear in Mr. Ocax’s voice when Lungwort asked if they
could move?
5. What answer does Mr. Ocax give Lungwort when he asks if they can move?
6. What two things does Mr. Ocax tell Lungwort?
7. What reason does Mr. Ocax give for not letting the mice move?
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Student’s Guide for Poppy
Chapter 7 (pp. 57-64) & Chapter 8 (pp. 65-71)
My think, write, and talk about chapter guide My vocabulary list:
1. What is the one thing that would change Mr. Ocax’s forage
Mind about granting the mice permission to move? calamity
ravenously
hostility
affixed
2. When Lungwort asked the question, what made Mr.
Ocax become frustrated? _____________________
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3. What did refusing persmission allow Mr. Ocax to do?
4. What is wrong with Lungwort?
5. Who does Lungwort say he blames? Why?
6. What warning does Lungwort give Poppy before she leaves?
7. Why did Poppy choose to travel through Dimwood Forest instead of taking a
different route?
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Student’s Guide for Poppy
Chapter 9 (pp. 72-82)
My think, write, and talk about chapter guide My vocabulary list:
1. What was Poppy’s secret desire? succulent
scampered
coincidence
abruptly
wrenching
2. When Poppy was dancing around the field, what did she pummeled
suddenly remember her mother telling her?
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3. Why was Mr. Ocax so nervous about the mice wanting to move? What
questions did he ask himself?
4. What was Poppy’s first task? How did she accomplish it?
5. What happened to Poppy while crossing the creek?
6. Where did Poppy come ashore?
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Chapter 10 (pp. 83-92)
My think, write, and talk about chapter guide My vocabulary list:
isolated
1. What place does Poppy have to enter? contemplate
perish
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2. As Mr. Ocax was watching New House, what was he _____________________
feeling? How did this make him feel?
3. Describe Mr. Ocax’s nest.
4. Why did Poppy go into the log even though she sensed danger?
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Student’s Guide for Poppy
Chapter 11 (pp. 93-99) & Chapter 12 (pp.100-106)
My think, write, and talk about chapter guide My vocabulary list:
1. Who is Ereth (Erethizon Dorsatum)? obscure
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2. What did Ereth do to the fox? _____________________
3. When Poppy realized there was no escape from Ereth, she hid. Where was
she hiding?
4. What does Poppy learn about porcupines?
5. What are quills? How can porcupines use them to defend themselves?
6. What does Poppy learn about Mr. Ocax from Ereth?
7. What is the one thing Ereth loves?
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Student’s Guide for Poppy
Chapter 13 (pp. 107-115)
My think, write, and talk about chapter guide My vocabulary list:
astonishment
1. What types of things does Poppy like to eat? forbid
elation
fury
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2. What does Ereth say to Mr. Ocax that upsets Poppy?
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3. What does Poppy want Ereth to do for her?
4. What will Poppy do for Ereth if he takes her to New House?
5. Make a prediction about what Poppy will find at New House.
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Chapter 14 (pp. 116-122)
My think, write, and talk about chapter guide My vocabulary list:
profusion
1. Who was following Poppy and Ereth? vulnerable
resemblance
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2. Other than in magazines, what had Poppy never actually
seen? _____________________
3. How does the food supply at New House compare to Gray House?
4. What was the problem with Poppy keeping her promise to get Ereth the salt
lick?
5. Describe New House on pg. 122.
6. What did Poppy see sitting in the red barn?
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Student’s Guide for Poppy
Chapter 15 (pp. 123-127) & Chapter 16 (pp. 128-135)
My think, write, and talk about chapter guide My vocabulary list:
arsenal
1. Why doesn’t Ereth stay with Poppy at New House? ferocious
trance
saunter
baffled
2. What tripped Poppy? budge
perplexed
3. How was Poppy going to use Ereth’s quill?
4. After seeing the enormous owl, what new questions does Poppy have about
Mr. Ocax?
5. What did Poppy realize about the huge owl?
6. Who did Poppy consider having her help bring the salt lick to Ereth? Why
didn’t she decide on that?
7. Who was George? What does he tell Poppy about the owl?
8. Poppy has a realization that Ocax’s refusal to allow the mice to move had
nothing to do with what she and Ragweed had done. What was the real
reason? (pg. 135)
