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Jack and Annie want to become Master Librarians, but first need to solve four riddles. They travel to a coral reef and explore the deep blue sea trying to solve their first riddle.
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
What did Jack and Annie both dream?
Page 2 — That Morgan was back and waiting for them
2
What must Jack and Annie become to collect books for Camelot’s library?
Page 5 — Master Librarians
5
How do they become Master Librarians?
Page 6 — Pass a test to show they can research, solve four riddles
6
Chapter 2
Comprehension questions
Where did Jack and Annie get taken in the tree house?
Page 12 — Ocean, coral reef
12
What did Annie fine on the edge of the water?
Page 14 — Mini sub
14
Why didn’t Jack want to get into the mini sub?
Page 14 — It wasn’t theirs
14
Where did the mini sub take Jack and Annie?
Page 19 — Into the deep/ocean
19
Chapter 3
Comprehension questions
What was driving the mini sub like?
Page 21 — Playing video games
21
What did it look like under the water?
Page 22 — Another planet
22
Chapter 4
Comprehension questions
What are some of the creatures that live around coral reefs?
Page 25 — Fish, starfish, jellyfish, sea horses, stingrays, giant clams
25
How big is a giant clam?
Page 26 — 3 feet wide and 200 pounds
26
What did Annie name the two dolphins?
Page 27 — Sukie and Sam
27
Chapter 5
Comprehension questions
What’s a ship’s log?
Page 31 — Diary of an ocean trip
31
When the children read the ship’s log, what did they learn about the sub?
Page 33 — It was broken
33
What creature came toward the sub as the children rose to the surface?
Page 35 — An octopus
35
Chapter 6
Comprehension questions
Why did the octopus come out of hiding?
Page 37 — It was curious
37
When the octopus was squeezing the sub, what started leaking into it?
Page 38 — Water
38
Why did the octopus shoot out black ink?
Page 40 — It saw a hammerhead shark
40
Chapter 7
Comprehension questions
What did Jack and Annie have to do now that the sub stopped working?
Page 44 — Swim
44
Why were they scared to swim in the water?
Page 44 — They knew there was a hammerhead shark
44
How did they swim so they didn’t splash?
Page 45 — Swam the breaststroke
45
How did they need to feel so they didn’t attract sharks?
Page 45 — Very calm
45
Chapter 8
Comprehension questions
Did jack tell Annie about the dark fin in the water?
Page 48 — No
48
Why?
Page 48 — So she wouldn’t be scared and panic
48
Why did Jack and Annie turn onto their backs and float?
Page 50 — To rest
50
What helped Jack and Annie get to the coral reef?
Page 52 — Two dolphins, Sukie and Sam
52
Chapter 9
Comprehension questions
What did Annie step on?
Page 58 — A shell
58
What can be found inside the oyster shell?
Page 59 — A pearl
59
How does a pearl form?
Page 61 — A grain of sand gets caught in the shell and the oyster covers the sand with a smooth material that makes a pearl
61
What was the answer to the riddle?
Page 63 — Oyster
63
Chapter 10
Comprehension questions
Why was Jack glad there wasn’t another scroll or riddle?
Page 64 — He needed to rest and dry out
64
How many more riddles do the children need to solve now?
Page 67 — Three
67
What did Jack and Annie think was fun about this adventure?
Page 67 — Sukie and Sam
67
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