The Jumbies

Chapters 1-8

Reading Check

1. All Hallow’s Eve (Chapter 2)

2. The fertile soil (Chapter 4)

Short Answer

1. The narrator says that the yellow eyes of a jumbie are watching Corinne and her father and that once they are out of sight the jumbie appears from the woods. (Chapter 1)

2. Corinne’s mother, Nicole, is the jumbie’s sister. This means that Nicole was also a jumbie, although Corinne does not know it. (Chapter 3)

3. The witch says that doing this would upset the natural balance of things by giving the jumbie an advantage over humans. (Chapter 5)

Chapters 9-16

Reading Check

1. The white witch (Chapter 11)

2. Get rid of all of the island’s humans (Chapter 15)

Short Answer

1. The female jumbie has turned herself invisible and slipped into the river, intending to pull the children under the water. (Chapters 9-10)

2. Severine cooked this food, and Corinne can tell that there is something suspicious about it. She does not want anyone to eat this food. (Chapter 13)

3. The frog that Corinne rescued from the well now rescues Corinne by luring the douens away while Corinne escapes.