📚 Part 1: Multiple Choice Questions

I can demonstrate my understanding of key characters, plot events, and themes from "The Invention of Hugo Cabret."

Instructions: Choose the best answer for each question. Fill in the circle completely.

✏️ Part 2: Short Answer Questions

I can analyze character development and explain important events using evidence from the text.

Instructions: Answer each question in 2-3 complete sentences. Use specific details from the story.

🎬 Part 3: Creative Connection

I can make connections between the story's themes and my own life experiences.

📋 Success Criteria & Support

Success Criteria - I will be successful when I can:

✓ Identify key characters and their roles in the story

✓ Explain the main plot events in sequence

✓ Analyze character growth and change

✓ Connect story themes to real life

✓ Use evidence from the text to support my answers

Differentiation Support:

• Need more time? Focus on questions 1-8 first

• Want a challenge? Add specific page numbers or quotes to support your short answers

• Reading support: Review the picture sequences in the book before answering

Extension Activity:

Research the real Georges Méliès and write a paragraph comparing the book character to the historical figure.

🔑 Answer Key

Part 1 - Multiple Choice:

1. B - In the walls of a train station

2. B - To fix the automaton

3. C - The toy shop owner and famous filmmaker

4. B - A scene from a Georges Méliès film

5. A - A key shaped like a heart

6. A, B, C - Finding your purpose, friendship, preserving art

Part 2 - Sample Responses:

7. Hugo changes from a lonely, frightened boy to someone who has found his place and purpose. He learns to trust others and discovers he belongs in a loving family.

8. Méliès stopped making films because people lost interest in his magical movies and preferred realistic films. Hugo and Isabelle help him remember his love of creating by showing him that his work still matters to people.

9. Hugo means that everyone has something special they're meant to do in life, just like every part of a machine has a specific job that helps the whole machine work.

10. The illustrations show action and emotion without words, like when we see Hugo's fear through the pictures of him hiding, or his wonder when the automaton works.