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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.
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
Who are Tom and Elenna looking for now?
Page 6 — Epos the Winged Flame
6
Why do people build their villages so close to the volcano?
Page 9 — good fertile soil
9
What came out of the volcano?
Page 11 — ash, red hot stones
11
Chapter 2
Comprehension questions
How would you feel if you felt a volcano erupt?
p.14
Who did Tom think the men with masks were?
Page 16 — bad men
16
Who did the men end up being?
Page 17 — Raymond and his friends, villagers
17
Chapter 3
Comprehension questions
As Tom arrived at the village, what did he see flowing down the mountain?
Page 19 — lava
19
What did the villagers dig to stop the lava from coming into the village?
Page 20 — a ditch
20
Why did Tom feel like they were trapped in the cave?
Page 31 — the red line on the map stopped, there's not an exit anymore
31
Chapter 4
Comprehension questions
Who was on the other side of the rocks?
Page 33 — King Hugo's soldiers
33
Where do Tom and Elenna need to go?
Page 3 — back to the village, find Epos
3
Who did Tom remind the soldier of?
Page 35 — his father Taladon
35
Chapter 5
Comprehension questions
What did Tom and Elenna find in Epos' nest?
Page 39 — Taladon's armor
39
Where did they find Epos?
Page 43 — the volcano
43
Why did they need to stop Epos?
Page 43 — so an eruption wouldn't reach the royal city
43
Chapter 6
Comprehension questions
What did Elenna do to help Tom find his sword in time?
Page 46 — shoot arrows at Epos
46
Why does Tom have to go alone up the volcano?
Page 47 — he's the only one that can get across the moat
47
How did Tom get across the moat of fire?
Page 49 — his shield
49
Chapter 7
Comprehension questions
What did Epos take away from Tom?
Page 52 — his magic shield
52
Why did Malvel visit Tom?
Page 53 — to discourage him from continuing
53
Who did Malvel say was helping him carry out his plans?
Page 54 — Taladon
54
Chapter 8
Comprehension questions
What did Tom lose in the volcano?
Page 56 — his sword
56
Why did Tom want to slip into the crack?
Page 59 — Epos won't see him and think he'd died
59
Did his plan work?
Page 61 — no
61
Chapter 9
Comprehension questions
How did Tom free Epos from the the golden band?
Page 64 — he grabbed it with his father's golden gauntlet
64
What happened to Malvel when Epos lifted him over the volcano?
Page 65 — he disappeared
65
How did Epos help tom stop the volcano from erupting?
Page 68 — flung herself against the rocks and caused them to cave in
68
Chapter 10
Comprehension questions
How was Tom able to break the band and set Epos free without the key?
Page 71 — faith in his father, friends and in himself
71
What did Epos bring back with her out of the volcano?
Page 72 — Tom's sword and shield
72
How had Tom's father helped Malvel?
Page 77 — Malvel read his journals and learned how to gain control over the beasts
77
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