Comprehension Questions- Beast Quest #6 Epos the Winged Flame

Epos the Winged Flame

by Adam Blade

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

Tom and Elenna must find Epos and stop the volcano from erupting.  Malvel tries to discourage Tom, but Tom finds some armor that used to belong to his father and uses it to break the spell Epos is under.

Comprehension Questions

Chapter 1

  1. Who are Tom and Elenna looking for now?  Epos the Winged Flame  p. 6
  2. Why do people build their villages so close to the volcano?  good fertile soil  p. 9
  3. What came out of the volcano?  ash, red hot stones  p. 11

Chapter 2

  1. How would you feel if you felt a volcano erupt?   p.14
  2. Who did Tom think the men with masks were?  bad men  p. 16
  3. Who did the men end up being?  Raymond and his friends, villagers  p. 17

Chapter 3

  1. As Tom arrived at the village, what did he see flowing down the mountain?  lava  p. 19
  2. What did the villagers dig to stop the lava from coming into the village?  a ditch  p. 20
  3. Why did Tom feel like they were trapped in the cave?  the red line on the map stopped, there's not an exit anymore  p. 31

Chapter 4

  1. Who was on the other side of the rocks?   King Hugo's soldiers     p. 33
  2. Where do Tom and Elenna need to go?  back to the village, find Epos  p. 3
  3. Who did Tom remind the soldier of?  his father Taladon  p. 35

Chapter 5

  1. What did Tom and Elenna find in Epos' nest?  Taladon's armor     p. 39
  2. Where did they find Epos?  the volcano  p. 43
  3. Why did they need to stop Epos?  so an eruption wouldn't reach the royal city  p. 43

Chapter 6

  1. What did Elenna do to help Tom find his sword in time?  shoot arrows at Epos  p. 46
  2. Why does Tom have to go alone up the volcano?  he's the only one that can get across the moat  p. 47
  3. How did Tom get across the moat of fire?  his shield  p. 49

Chapter 7

  1. What did Epos take away from Tom?  his magic shield  p. 52
  2. Why did Malvel visit Tom? to discourage him from continuing  p. 53
  3. Who did Malvel say was helping him carry out his plans?  Taladon  p. 54

Chapter 8

  1. What did Tom lose in the volcano?  his sword  p. 56
  2. Why did Tom want to slip into the crack?  Epos won't see him and think he'd died p. 59
  3. Did his plan work?  no  p. 61

Chapter 9

  1. How did Tom free Epos from the the golden band?  he grabbed it with his father's golden gauntlet  p. 64
  2. What happened to Malvel when Epos lifted him over the volcano?  he disappeared  p. 65
  3. How did Epos help tom stop the volcano from erupting?  flung herself against the rocks and caused them to cave in  p. 68

Chapter 10

  1. How was Tom able to break the band and set Epos free without the key?  faith in his father, friends and in himself  p. 71
  2. What did Epos bring back with her out of the volcano?  Tom's sword and shield  p. 72
  3. How had Tom's father helped Malvel? Malvel read his journals and learned how to gain control over the beasts  p. 77