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The girls of the Princess Academy are to spend a day in the sewing room with the Grand High Duchess Delia. Sophia makes a mistake and lashes out at Perfecta who is not being very kind. Sophia realizes she hasn't behaved like a perfect princess and does what she can to fix the situation.
Read one section at a time, then discuss the questions to review understanding. These questions are a starting place for conversation, not a complete test of the chapter.
Chapter 1
Comprehension questions
Who are the princesses going to spend the day with?
Page 5 — Grand High Duchess Delia in the sewing room
5
How does Perfecta feel about sewing?
Page 6 — its for servants to do
6
How does Alice feel about sewing?
Page 9 — she thinks its fun
9
Chapter 2
Comprehension questions
How should a Perfect Princess behave?
Page 15 — kind and truthful, taking care of other people, thinking about other people before yourself
15
How did Perfecta feel when Sophia called her stupid in front of the other princesses?
Page 20 — angry
20
How did Sophia feel when she thought everyone was whispering about her fight with Perfecta?
Page 24 — uncomfortable, she wanted to burst into tears
24
Chapter 3
Comprehension questions
What were the girls going to be making?
Page 28 — ballgowns
28
How did Sophia feel about treating Perfecta so badly?
Page 34 — like a failure, bad
34
How did Fairy G. help the girls make their dresses?
Page 36 — she used magic
36
Chapter 4
Comprehension questions
How did Duchess Delia feel about Perfecta?
Page 41 — that she was wonderful
41
How was Perfecta behaving?
Page 44 — perfect, kind, sweet, thoughtful
44
What was the big surprise?
Page 48 — a skating party
48
Chapter 5
Comprehension questions
How did Sophia want to surprise Perfecta?
Page 50 — giving her the roses and making changes to her dress so that it was more beautiful
50
Why did Perfecta put ink stains on everyone's dress?
Page 60 — to make everyone hate Sophia
60
How did Fairy G. get the stains off?
Page 62 — magic
62
Chapter 6
Comprehension questions
Why did Queen Gloriana award Sophia?
Page 66 — for behaving like a princess should; apologizing to Perfecta by giving her back the roses and making her dress more beautiful
66
What did she award her with?
Page 68 — 50 tiara points
68
Did Perfecta and Floreen get to go to the skating party?
Page 66 — no
66
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