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Tom and Elenna travel through the desert to find the evil beast, Vipero, who is guarding the armor Malvel stole. Tom realizes he can't fight the evil beast alone. He calls upon Epos the phoenix and they defeat the evil beast and recover the leg armor.
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 Tom's Aunt Maria give him as he left Errinel?
Page 9 — healing herbs
9
Where did Tom and Eleena need to go to find the next piece of armor?
Page 10 — desert
10
Why didn't Tom and Elenna want to take their animals into the desert?
Page 12 — too hot, not enough water for them
12
Chapter 2
Comprehension questions
Why wasn't there any water in the village?
Page 18 — the heat has dried it all up
18
What was wrong with the boy laying on the bed?
Page 19 — he has a fever
19
How did the villagers feel about sharing their water with Tom and Elenna?
Page 20 — not happy
20
Chapter 3
Comprehension questions
What did Elenna trade to get them some water?
Page 23 — healing the boy with their herbs
23
How did the woman feel when they helped her son?
Page 25 — happy, relieved, sorry she'd been unfriendly
25
Who had caused the extreme heat?
Page 27 — Malvel, evil beast
27
Chapter 4
Comprehension questions
Why did Tom and Elenna cover up as much as possible when they entered the desert?
Page 28 — protect them from the sun
28
What did the compass needle do when Tom tried to use it?
Page 30 — swung wildly between danger and destiny
30
Who appeared to Tom and Elenna?
Page 32 — Malvel
32
Chapter 5
Comprehension questions
What was going to happen to Aduro every time Tom lost hope during the quest?
Page 33 — Aduro would be lower closer to a pit of boiling tar
33
What did Malvel create with the sand?
Page 36 — a sand storm
36
What did the sand do to Tom and Elenna?
Page 37 — buried them
37
Chapter 6
Comprehension questions
Who helped Tom and Elenna find Silver in the sand?
Page 40 — Storm
40
Now that the sand shifted in the storm, how did Tom and Elenna know which way to go?
Page 42 — the sun setting in the west
42
What kind of animal could have caused the track in the sand?
Page 45 — sea serpent, snake
45
Chapter 7
Comprehension questions
Tell me about Vipero.
Page 50 — body of a snake , upper body of a man, 2 heads shaped like a snake
50
Why had the desert gotten so hot?
Page 50 — Vipero
50
What tore open the water skin?
Page 53 — cacti needle
53
Chapter 8
Comprehension questions
What mirage did Tom and Elenna see?
Page 56 — a blue lake
56
Why did Tom feel that fighting a beast with two heads was more difficult to fight than any other?
Page 58 — Vipero could attack them both at the same time
58
What did Vipero do when Elenna grabbed his tail?
Page 60 — bit her
60
Chapter 9
Comprehension questions
How did Storm and Silver help Tom fight Vipero?
Page 64 — distract the beast while Tom sliced off the heads
64
Was that enough to defeat Vipero?
Page 64 — no
64
Who did Tom try to call?
Page 65 — Epos
65
Chapter 10
Comprehension questions
Was Tom's sword going to defeat the snake heads?
Page 67 — no
67
How did he and Epos finally defeat the heads?
Page 68 — pinning them to a cacti and Epos throwing a fireball at them
68
What was Vipero made of?
Page 69 — hundreds of tiny green snakes
69
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