Part One: Chapters 1-41. Who is telling the story?2. When and where does the story take

place?3. What has changed Hugo Cabret’s life

forever? 4. How does the narrator want you to

imagine the beginning of the story?5. In what phase is the moon when the

story begins?

Part One: Chapters 1-46. From where can Hugo see everything? What

does he see?7. What does Hugo nervously rub in his pocket?8. What does the girl often carry with her?9. What does Hugo try to seal when the old

man’s eyes are closed? What happens to the item?

10. After seeing the notebook, what does the old man say has found him?

Part One: Chapters 1-411.What does the old man threaten to do

with the notebook?12.What does the old man do with the

contents of Hugo’s pockets?13.Where does Hugo l ive? Who used to

l ive there years ago?14.What is accumulating in Hugo’s

apartment, week by week?15.What work does Hugo do in the tra in

station? What does he use to do his work?

Part One: Chapters 1-416.WHOM IS HUGO TRYING TO AVOID IN THE

TRAIN STATION?17.WHY DOES HUGO FOLLOW THE OLD MAN TO

HIS APARTMENT?18.WHAT IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE OLD

MAN’S APARTMENT?19.WHAT WILL CLICKING BOOT HEELS SUMMON,

ACCORDING TO THE OLD MAN?20.WHAT DOES THE GIRL PROMISE HUGO

OUTSIDE THE APARTMENT BUILDING?

Part One: Chapters 5-81. WHAT IS THE SECRET TO AN AUTOMATON’S

AMAZING ABILITY?2. WHEN DID HUGO RECEIVE ONE OF HIS

FATHER’S NOTEBOOKS? WHAT WAS INSIDE?3. FOR WHAT TRAGEDY DOES HUGO BLAME

HIMSELF?4. WHO IS UNCLE CLAUDE? WHAT HAPPENED TO

HIM ONE DAY?5. WHAT OCCUPATION IS HUGO CONSIDERING

PURSUING? WHAT IS THE TRADITION IN HIS FAMILY?

Part One: Chapters 5-86. Name two things about which Hugo has

nightmares?7. What did Hugo discover in the burned-

down museum? Who originally discovered it?

8. Where does Hugo fear he will have to live now that Uncle Claude has disappeared?

9. From whom does Hugo imagine he will receive a message through the automaton?

Part One: Chapters 5-810. WHEN HUGO SEES THE ASHES IN THE

HANDKERCHIEF, WHAT DOES HE BELIEVE THE OLD MAN HAS BURNED?

11. EXPLAIN HUGO’S RULE ABOUT STEALING AND ITS OBVIOUS EXCEPTION.

12. WHO ARE ANTOINE AND LOUIS?13. WHAT MAKES THE OLD MAN THINK HUGO

HAS SOME TALENT?14.WHY IS HUGO GAMBLING WITH HIS OWN

TIME IF HE WORKS FOR THE OLD MAN?

Part One: Chapters 5-815. What card game did Hugo’s father teach

him?16. What distinct impression does Hugo get as

he watches the old man do card tricks?17. Who is Etienne? How was his eye injured?18. Why does Etienne sneak Isabelle into the

movies?19. Where did Hugo’s father always take him on

his birthday?20.What book does Hugo buy from the

bookstore?

Part One: Chapters 9-121. What does Hugo realize as he

looks through the little parts he has stolen since he began working at the toy booth?

2. Why is Hugo more tired than ever?

3. What is Papa Georges and Mama Jeanne’s relationship to Isabelle?

4. How did Hugo and Isabelle get into the movies, without Etienne?

Part One: Chapters 9-125. When Hugo and Isabelle go to the

movies what plays before the main feature?

6. How does Hugo think every good story should end?

7. What is happening to the clocks at the train station that arouses the concern of the Station Inspector?

8. Describe what Hugo notices on Isabelle’s necklace.

9. What does the old man accuse Hugo of stealing from his apartment?

Part One: Chapters 9-1210.How does Hugo find out that the

notebook was not burned?11.What brand-new things does Hugo add

to the mechanical man?12.What does Hugo discover when he holds

the candle up to the mechanical man?13.In addition to the machinery, what is the

connection between horology and magic?

14.What special trick does Hugo learn from Practical Manual of Card Magic and Illusions?

Part One: Chapters 9-1215.What happened to the original key for the

mechanical man?16.What two secrets does Isabelle finally

learn about Hugo when she bursts into his apartment?

17.How does the hand of the mechanical man start moving?

18.What do Hugo and Isabelle learn about the mechanical man as markings accumulate on the paper?

19.What image sends shivers down Hugo’s spine?

20.Where does the narrator say this story leads?

Part One:Quiz