Ella Minnow Pea

Chapters 1-3

Reading Check

1. Z (Chapter 1)

2. Throw a party (Chapter 1)

3. Libraries are closed, books are taken away (Chapter 2)

4. Newspapers, radio, and telephone calls (Chapter 2)

5. William Creevy (Chapter 2)

6. Nate Warren, a Nollop scholar (Chapter 3)

Short Answer

1. It is a sign from Nevin Nollop that they should stop using the letters and words containing the letters. (Chapter 1)

2. The perpetrators are given verbal reprimands for their first offense. They must choose between being put in the stockade or whipped if they commit a second offense, and the third offense is either execution or exile. (Chapter 2)

3. She spoke a word that contained the letter z. They believe it is their civic duty to uphold the decisions of the Council. (Chapters 2-3)

4. The glue holding the tiles will calcify, making them all fall. (Chapter 3)

Chapters 4-7

Reading Check

1. The names of the days of the week (Chapter 4)

2. Resign from teaching (Chapter 5)

3. Alcohol use disorder (Chapter 5)

4. Land and buildings (Chapter 6)

5. Nate is arrested and deported. (Chapter 6)

6. He is exiled. (Chapter 7)

Short Answer

1. She has a crush on him. (Chapter 5)

2. They begin to scan all messages for illegal letters so they can punish the offenders. Some townspeople speculate that the messages are being scanned as a form of surveillance to find dissenters. (Chapter 5)

3. To restore the use of all language, someone must produce a pangram of 32 letters or fewer before Nollop’s birthday. (Chapter 5)

Chapters 8-11

Reading Check

1. Tassie (Chapter 8)

2. Banned letters (Chapter 8)

3. Tanya, Tom, Professor Mannheim, and Paula (Chapter 8)

Short Answer

1. Her young son, Timmy, is exiled for using banned letters, and her husband accompanies him to the United States. (Chapter 9)

2. She is interrogated about the possibility of rebellion and becomes so upset she misspeaks, saying an illegal word. (Chapter 9)

3. Georgeanne worries she drove Tassie’s mother away because of her past mistakes. (Chapter 11)

4. Citizens may use phonetic, or pronunciation-based, spellings of words. (Chapter 11)

Chapters 12-17

Reading Check

1. Enterprise 32; Paula (Chapter 12)

2. Enterprise 32 (Chapter 13)

3. Their old love letters and notes (Chapter 14)

4. LMNOP (Chapter 16)

Short Answer

1. Professor Mannheim is shot while trying to escape arrest for using an illegal letter. (Chapter 12)

2. Georgeanne gets lead poisoning and dies. (Chapter 12)

3. She believes the pangram was written by accident and that Nollop was not a genius. (Chapter 17)