Comprehension Questions- Beast Quest #11 Arachnid the Spider King

Arachnid the Spider King

by Adam Blade

Grades 2-5; Genre - Fantasy; GRL S; AR pts: 1.0

Tom and Elenna are on a quest to free Aduro.  If they can defeat Arachnid the spider they will get the golden gauntlets as well as be one step closer to freeing their wizard friend.

Comprehension Questions

Chapter 1

  1. Who has kidnapped Aduro?   evil wizard Malvel  p. 6
  2. How many more beasts do they need to defeat before they can save Aduro?  two  p. 6
  3. What creature were Tom and Elenna supposed to fight next?  giant spider  p. 8
  4. What did Tom want the T carved on the tree to mean?  Taladon his father might have passed that way  p. 12

Chapter 2

  1. What was the town celebrating?  the king's birthday  p. 16
  2. Who did Elenna and Tom stay with?  Dorina  p. 20
  3. What protects the village?  blue crystals  p. 22

Chapter 3

  1. Where is Arachnid supposed to be hiding?  high in the mountains  p. 26
  2. Where is he instead?  in a cave near the village  p. 26
  3. What was the pulsing light in the saddle bag?  the map showing urgency in completing the quest  p. 28
  4. What did Dorina give Tom to help him fight Arachnid?  blue crystal   p.33

Chapter 4

  1. How did Tom and Elenna feel about the crystal Dorina gave them?  its jewelry  p. 34
  2. What saved Tom when he fell?  his shield, tear from Cypher   p. 40
  3. What made it impossible for the travelers to go back to the town? a chasm p. 41

Chapter 5

  1. How did the crystals protect Tom and Elenna?  they glowed; they could see  p. 43
  2. What was the spider silk doing to the travelers?  wrapped around them, caught them p. 44
  3. Where are the gauntlets?  sitting in the heart of the web  p. 46

Chapter 6

  1. Who helped Tom climb up to the stalactites?  Storm  p. 50
  2. What did the golden gauntlets give Tom?  special skills with his sword  p. 52
  3. What was looming behind Elenna and Silver?   Arachnid  p.55

Chapter 7

  1. What did Arachnid do to Silver?  spun him in his web  p. 56
  2. Who else was stuck in Arachnid's web?  Etta   p. 60
  3. What beast came to aid Tom?   Tartok   p. 61

Chapter 8

  1. What did Tartok do to the spider?  blinded it  p. 63
  2. How was Tom able to careful cutting the web around Etta?  gauntlets  p. 64
  3. What finally defeated Arachnid?   a stalactite  p. 68

Chapter 9

  1. Who was trapped inside the cave?  Tartok   p. 70
  2. Who came to help free Tartok?   Aduro  p. 72
  3. What was the consequence for Aduro helping get Tartok out of the cave?  Malvel is taking him to the tar pit  p. 73