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Jack and Annie learn how polar bears live in the snow and even get saved by a mama polar bear as they find their last riddle to becoming Master Librarians.
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 was sitting outside Jack’s window?
Page 1 — A white snowy owl
1
Why couldn’t Jack change out of his pajamas?
Page 3 — The owl said to hurry
3
What were Jack and Annie trying to become?
Page 7 — Master Librarians
7
Chapter 2
Comprehension questions
Where did Morgan send Jack and Annie to solve the last riddle?
Page 8 — The Arctic
8
What did Jack and Annie hear coming toward the tree house?
Page 15 — Wolves
15
Who had come to meet them?
Page 16 — A seal hunter
16
Chapter 3
Comprehension questions
What did the seal hunter give them?
Page 19 — Coat, pants, boots, mittens
19
What does the seal hunter use to travel in the snow?
Page 21 — Dogsled
21
What could Annie do with animals?
Page 23 — Talk to them and understand them
23
Chapter 4
Comprehension questions
What is an igloo?
Page 26 — A snow house
26
Name two things the seal hunter uses from the seal.
Page 28 — Clothing, food, tools
28
What two animals are honored in the seal hunter’s ceremonies?
Page 29 — Seal and polar bear
29
Why do they honor the polar bear?
Page 30 — It has taught his people how to live in the ice and snow
30
Chapter 5
Comprehension questions
Where did the polar bear cubs lead Jack and Annie?
Page 37 — Onto some ice
37
What did the children hear underneath them?
Page 39 — Ice cracking
39
What did they see above them on the snow bank?
Page 40 — The polar bear mother
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Chapter 6
Comprehension questions
How did the polar bear move on the ice?
Page 42 — She lay on her front side and pushed herself with her claws
42
What did Jack and Annie put on to try to protect them from the polar bear?
Page 43 — Masks
43
What did Jack and Annie do to get off the ice?
Page 46 — Copied the polar bear
46
Chapter 7
Comprehension questions
What did Jack and Annie do to thank the polar bear for helping them get off the ice?
Page 48 — Honored her by bowing and dancing
48
What did the polar bear do back to them?
Page 49 — Bowed her head
49
What did the sky lights look like?
Page 49 — Swirl of red, green purple lights
49
Chapter 8
Comprehension questions
Who came looking for Jack and Annie?
Page 53 — The seal hunter
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What was the answer to the riddle?
Page 55 — Mask
55
Why didn’t the seal hunter tell Jack and Annie the answer to the riddle?
Page 55 — They needed to learn it for themselves
55
Chapter 9
Comprehension questions
Where did the seal hunter take Jack and Annie?
Page 57 — To the tree house
57
What did Jack and Annie find next to the other four scrolls?
Page 61 — A fifth scroll
61
What was the answer to the riddle on the fifth scroll?
Page 64 — Home
64
Chapter 10
Comprehension questions
When Jack and Annie got back to Frog Creek, who was waiting for them?
Page 66 — Morgan le Fay
66
What did she give them?
Page 67 — Their Master Librarian cards
67
What were they supposed to do with them?
Page 67 — Take them on future journeys
67
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