Comprehension Questions – Beast Quest #10 Vipero the Snake Man

Vipero the Snake Man

by Adam Blade

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

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.

Comprehension Questions

Chapter 1

  1. What did Tom's Aunt Maria give him as he left Errinel?  healing herbs  p. 9
  2. Where did Tom and Eleena need to go to find the next piece of armor?  desert  p. 10
  3. Why didn't Tom and Elenna want to take their animals into the desert?  too hot, not enough water for them  p. 12

Chapter 2

  1. Why wasn't there any water in the village?  the heat has dried it all up  p. 18
  2. What was wrong with the boy laying on the bed?  he has a fever  p. 19
  3. How did the villagers feel about sharing their water with Tom and Elenna?  not happy  p. 20

Chapter 3

  1. What did Elenna trade to get them some water?  healing the boy with their herbs  p. 23
  2. How did the woman feel when they helped her son?  happy, relieved, sorry she'd been unfriendly p. 25
  3. Who had caused the extreme heat?  Malvel, evil beast  p. 27

Chapter 4

  1. Why did Tom and Elenna cover up as much as possible when they entered the desert?  protect them from the sun   p. 28
  2. What did the compass needle do when Tom tried to use it?  swung wildly between danger and destiny  p. 30
  3. Who appeared to Tom and Elenna?  Malvel  p. 32

Chapter 5

  1. What was going to happen to Aduro every time Tom lost hope during the quest?  Aduro would be lower closer to a pit of boiling tar  p. 33
  2. What did Malvel create with the sand?  a sand storm  p. 36
  3. What did the sand do to Tom and Elenna?  buried them  p. 37

Chapter 6

  1. Who helped Tom and Elenna find Silver in the sand? Storm p. 40
  2. Now that the sand shifted in the storm, how did Tom and Elenna know which way to go?  the sun setting in the west  p. 42
  3. What kind of animal could have caused the track in the sand?  sea serpent, snake  p. 45

Chapter 7

  1. Tell me about Vipero.   body of a snake , upper body of a man, 2 heads shaped like a snake  p. 50
  2. Why had the desert gotten so hot?  Vipero  p. 50
  3. What tore open the water skin?  cacti needle  p. 53

Chapter 8

  1. What mirage did Tom and Elenna see?  a blue lake  p. 56
  2. Why did Tom feel that fighting a beast with two heads was more difficult to fight than any other?  Vipero could attack them both at the same time  p.58
  3. What did Vipero do when Elenna grabbed his tail?  bit her  p. 60

Chapter 9

  1. How did Storm and Silver help Tom fight Vipero?  distract the beast while Tom sliced off the heads  p. 64
  2. Was that enough to defeat Vipero?   no  p. 64
  3. Who did Tom try to call?  Epos  p. 65

Chapter 10

  1. Was Tom's sword going to defeat the snake heads?  no  p. 67
  2. How did he and Epos finally defeat the heads?  pinning them to a cacti and Epos throwing a fireball at them  p. 68
  3. What was Vipero made of?  hundreds of tiny green snakes  p. 69