Chapter Questions
Feel free to choose two or three questions to review for each chapter.
Week 1
Week 1
Chapter 1
- Who was born with ‘adventurous hooves’?
- How many brothers does Flora have?
- Who is the runt?
- What was the highest point of the pig pen?
- What made “more noise and all the other animals put together”?
- Who was in the junk heap?
Chapter 2
- Who was “the white fur ball”?
- Who says, “I can come and go as I please.”?
- What does Flora say to Luna?
Chapter 3
- Who is Nessie?
- Who has been “getting ready for trouble”?
- Luna tells Flora that the dogs on this Farm are being trained. Trained for... What?
- What three things are the puppies exposed to in their first training?
- What has a “long, naked tail”?
Chapter 4
- Who says, “Rats in the rigging... time to tangle”?
- Who thanked Luna for killing the rat?
- How big was the rat?
Chapter 5
- What was Flora's newly invented game called?
- All of Flora's piglet brothers are cats in “Cats and Rats.” What two things does Flora use as stand-ins for the rats?
- Who slipped free from the pig pen?
Chapter 6
- What made Flora blink?
- What was the road made of?
- Flora races around under what kind of leaves?
- What does an explorer have to use when she's in “unfamiliar territory”?
- How many dogs made up the team?
- What color are Oscar’s eyes?
- When the cart started to roll again, Flora started to... what?
Chapter 7
- In Flora's words, what type of dogs does she come across on her adventure?
- Who says, “You are the bravest pig ever”?
- Who can't wait for next time?
- What does Flora tell Luna is “an excellent place for hiding”?
- According to Luna, cats can't wait to... what?
- And dogs can't wait to... what?
- In Flora's dream, her house was made of... what?
Week 2
Week 2
Chapter 8
- According to Luna's tales, and octopus looks like... what?
- Whom did the farmer tie to the fence with a rope?
- What did the farmer use to lure Flora's brothers away from their mother?
- The farmer grabbed Flora by her... what?
- Who says, “Mama, I need you!”?
- Who says, “We are farm pigs, and farm pigs are not in control of their lives”?
- What makes Luna jump into trees?
- How did the farmers quiet down Nessie when she was having a tantrum?
Chapter 9
- Who inspired Flora's new game, “Feelin’ Kicky”?
- Who pretended to scramble away from the men?
- Who was shoved into a wood and wire crate?
Chapter 10
- What two things did the air inside the truck smell like like?
- Flora kept knocking... what... during the bump?
- What food was in Flora's cage?
- Roughly how many dogs were on the truck with Flora?
- What made Flora sleepy?
- When the truck stopped, what was put on Flora?
- What had “a thundering engine”?
- Where was Flora chained to a post?
- Who bellowed, “Slide out the gangplank!”?
- Who answers Flora, “Yep, we get on a ship and sail away”?
- What was the ship's name?
- Oscar tells Flora that they are going to be the first expedition to ever cross the... what?
Chapter 11
- Who told Flora, “You're like a mammal version of a frog”?
- What does Flora tell the orange cat that pig are known for?
- According to the orange cat, what is “never a part of a team”?
- Who is “the sheriff” of the dock?
- Who is Aleric?
- Where is “the hold”?
- What “doubled themselves by reflecting off the water”?
Chapter 12
- Now where was Flora chained?
- Where were the sled dogs?
- Why are the barrels strapped down?
- What type of cargo does Flora assume she is?
Chapter 13
- What was the first meal placed in her food bowl on the ship?
- What “pull training” does Flora come up with in the hold?
- Who ate Flora’s first meal?
Chapter 14
- Who had arm hair “as long and curly as a sheep's”?
- What does the ship's cook consider Flora to be?
- What has impossibly small, shiny eyes?
- Were there only three rats on the ship?
- What “didn't seem at all fair” to Flora, during her mealtime?
Chapter 15
- Who says, “Good morning, Delicious!” to Flora?
- How many bites of food could Flora eat before the rats moved in and ate her meals?
- What were the two stars that twinkle then blinked?
Chapter 16
- Who is getting hairier?
- In what conditions did Sophia grow up?
- Who wants to be Sophia's deputy?
Week 3
Week 3
Chapter 17
- What happened when Flora pounced on the wooden boards of the ship?
- Who says, “How is my little ham bone doing, eh?”
- The wave of brown and gray flowing over the deck boards is actually made of what?
Chapter 18
- Who threatens to feed Sofia to the rats?
- How did Flora kick the rat king?
- Who says, “Two down, only two hundred to go!”?
- Sophia and Flora were responsible for killing how many rats?
- Where do Sophia and Flora drag the rat carcasses?
Chapter 19
- According to Amos, what is Flora's job?
- What does Amos use to make a new collar for Flora?
- Who shouts, “Do your job!”?
Chapter 20
- Who says, “I can't do it”?
- Who was “the lump” that Amos told had to catch rats in order to eat?
- Sophia tells Aleric that he can't catch rats with a... what?
- How many rats does Aleric need to kill before Amos give him another chance?
- Who takes the rope color off of Flora?
Chapter 21
- Who becomes the newest member of the rat killing team?
- Who flushes the rats out of hiding?
- Who witnesses Aleric, Flora, and Sophia using teamwork to kill rats?
- What threat does the ship encounter when it nears its final destination?
- The captain reminds Flora of... whom?
Chapter 22
- What locked up Flora's lungs?
- Who was holding on to one of Flora's hind legs?
- Flora pulled the captain up some steps with... what?
- Who shouts, “I have the captain! Don't leave yet!”?
- What was happening to The Explorer?
Chapter 23
- Oscar had to be rescued from... what?
- Where did Flora finally find Sophia?
- How many of the sled dogs survived?
- The shelter was made of... what?
- Through entire shipwreck tragedy, who remained very curious about the Antarctic?
- One word was used to describe the Antartic in every direction. What word?
- When Flora ventured out to explore some immediate camp surroundings, it was so chilly that even here... what... We're cold?
- What did the explorers eat for their first Antartic meal?
- And what did the animals eat?
- Who slept in the canvas roofed shelter?
Chapter 24
- What did Flora realize in the morning when she wanted to volunteer to pull a sled to get more food?
- What did Aleric button onto Flora?
- Before putting on a coat, Sophia was worried that Flora may turn into... what?
- Who mutters, “Cat hair…”?
- Ask her explains to Flora and Sophia that there is a “new project.” What's the new project?
- How far away is the first food station that was set up four months ago?
Chapter 25
- Which three characters sneaked outside together?
- Where are Oscar, Sophia and Flora heading?
- Who began to feel dizzy?
Week 4
Week 4
Chapter 26
- Who says, “I'll start digging here”?
- Who says, “You're going to have to stay away from camp in this one-pig home for a few days”?
- Oscar is saving whose life?
- Who explains to Flora that she wasn't brought along to be a sled pig?
Chapter 27
- According to Sofia, “A sled dog has an unfailing sense of”... what?
- Who was food?
- What was “as warm as warm could be”?
Chapter 28
- Whom did Flora think about when she reminisced about being a piglet?
- Alone in her hole, Flora tried not to... what?
- Which two characters got left behind when The Expedition departed?
- What, according to Oscar, is like “medicine for a sled dog”?
Chapter 29
- Flora stopped dreaming of dog sledding. Instead she dreamed only of... what?
- Who made a homemade sled out of the lifeboat?
- After Aleric made the sled, who dreamed again about pulling a sled?
Chapter 30
- What does the captain suggest Aleric use to navigate?
- Who says, “Why don't we just eat the pig?”
- Why does the captain not want to eat the pig?
- Who is walking like a king?
- Who says keep him warm, pig?
Chapter 31
- According to Flora, “Getting rescued is good, if you're a”... what?
- Who says, “I can't believe a cat is lecturing a pig on being too independent”?
- Which two characters embark on a mission to get food without a sled?
- Where did Flora and Sophia spend the night?
Chapter 32
- What did Sophia and Flora find in the snow in the same place where Aleric andOscar had spent the night?
- Who could keep her footing on the long slope of sheer ice?
- Why did Flora sneeze?
- The “ice crystal field” reminded Flora of... what?
- When Sophia is paws started to bleed, what does Flora suggest?
- Who says, “Hey, watch the claws, Sheriff”?
Chapter 33
- Flora says that pigs are good at being... what?
- Who digs out a snow cave for Sophia and Flora?
Chapter 34
- How was Flora awakened in the snow cave?
- Where did Sophia ride?
- Who had a rattling in his throat?
- Who is “Aleric’s engine”?
Week 5
Week 5
Chapter 35
- How does Flora correct the term sled dog in her mind?
- In the morning, who angrily says, “This is not a job for pigs!”?
- Whenever the sled got stuck, who helped pull while Aleric pushed?
- Who's had drooped “further and further”?
- Where did Flora feel “a glow of pride”?
- What was the dark shape in the Moonlight?
- Who asks, “Where's your team spirit?”
- Who says, “I think we're all aiming to be something better than what everyone thinks we were born to be”?
- Who snorts, “Cat but not a cat. Pig but not a pig. Dog but not a dog.”?
Chapter 36
- According to Oscar, what part of a sled pig's body should do the work?
- Who says, “Dance and shimmy all you want, pig... you did it”?
Chapter 37
- Why did Aleric apologize to the captain?
- How many weeks did they all rest?
- What did the captain take on his daily walks?
- Who “practically vibrated with energy” upon being back in a sled harness again?
- Once they caught up with the rescue party, and got unhitched, how did the other dogs connect with Flora?