Cinder

Chapters 1-4

Reading Check

1. Cyborg (Chapter 1)

2. Peony (Chapter 3)

Short Answer

1. She has a retina display that flashes orange when someone lies. (Chapter 2)

2. They discover an ancient gas-powered car that they hope they can use to escape New Beijing. (Chapter 4)

Chapters 5-8

Reading Check

1. Cinder (Chapter 6)

2. Magnetized letumosis (Chapter 8)

Short Answer

1. Cinder is a cyborg, which means that she is part human and can catch the plague, while Iko is an android, and fully mechanical. (Chapter 5)

2. He is in charge of letumosis research. (Chapter 7)

Chapters 9-12

Reading Check

1. A computer chip (Chapter 9)

2. The emperor and Peony (Chapter 11)

Short Answer

1. She keeps asking when she will be given the antidote. (Chapter 10)

2. Queen Levana supposedly had the girl killed, but there is a rumor that she is still alive. (Chapter 12)

Chapters 13-16

Reading Check

1. A chiropractic adjustment (Chapter 14)

2. Queen Lavena (Chapter 16)

Short Answer

1. He presses a spot over her spine on her neck. (Chapter 13)

2. Iko says that she should buy a dress for the ball. (Chapter 15)

Chapters 17-20

Reading Check

1. A portscreen (Chapter 17)

2. An ID (Chapter 19)

Short Answer

1. When Prince Kai asks her to fix the android quickly, it makes Cinder wonder what information the android has. (Chapter 18)

2. He should not be overconfident, because it will get harder to resist. (Chapter 20)

Chapters 21-25

Reading Check

1. Queen Lavena’s visit (Chapter 22)

2. The Queen’s glamour (Chapter 24)

Short Answer

1. She suggests that Prince Kai’s attractiveness overwhelmed the android’s programming. (Chapter 21)

2. He agrees to begin the search after his coronation and the ball to celebrate it. (Chapter 23)

Chapters 26-29

Reading Check

1. Mutant (Chapter 26)

2. They are immune to her glamour. (Chapter 28)

Short Answer

1. She gives the antidote to Chang Sancha’s son, Sunto, because Peony has already died. (Chapter 27)

2. She realizes that Adri is tracking her ID chip. (Chapter 29)

Chapters 30-34

Reading Check

1. Washing the hover (Chapter 31)

2. Her incompletely attached foot (Chapter 34)

Short Answer

1. She plans to bring along Peony’s ID chip and Iko’s personality chip. (Chapter 30)

2. The scan of her ID indicates that she is Emperor Kai’s personal guest at the ball. (Chapter 33)

Chapters 35-38

Reading Check

1. Cinder is Lunar. (Chapter 35)

2. Africa (Chapter 37)

Short Answer

1. He agrees to hold Cinder prisoner until Levana is ready to take her back to Luna to stand trial. (Chapter 36)

2. Because Cinder is actually the Lunar Princess Selene, Erland wants to make her Queen instead of Levana. (Chapter 38)