Comprehension Questions – Beast Quest #17 Tusk the Mighty Mammoth

Tusk the Mighty Mammoth

by Adam Blade

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

Tom and Elenna need to free Ferno the dragon on their next quest.  To help them defeat Tusk the mammoth, people from the rebel camp come to their aid. 

Comprehension Questions

Chapter 1

  1. What is the name of the next beast Tom and Elenna need to battle? Tusk p. 9
  2. How did Tom know Ferno the dragon was in danger?  Ferno's scale glowed red p. 10

Chapter 2

  1. Tell me about snake ferns.  they grab you and don't let go  p.17
  2. What did Tom hear when he called Ferno?  Ferno said he needed help and that there were twin blades  p. 18
  3. What did Elenna get caught up in?  snake ferns  p. 19

Chapter 3

  1. Why couldn't Tom jump up and pull Elenna down out of the ferns?  it was wrapped around her neck and tight around her legs  p. 22
  2. What was trapping Ferno so he couldn't move?  snake ferns   p. 24

Chapter 4

  1. What had Ferno meant when he told Tom about "twin blades"?  two golden tusks  p. 27
  2. Where was the amber jewel on Tusk embedded?  her tusk  p. 29
  3. Why did Tom think Tusk had been in many battles?  deep scars  p. 30

Chapter 5

  1. How did Tusk help Tom free Elenna?  Tusk got Tom close enough to throw his sword at the vines and cut most of them  p. 36
  2. How did Tom stop Tusk's attack on Elenna?  he cut Tusk's foot with his sword   p. 38
  3. Why is the wound Elenna got from Tusk infected?  poison  p. 39

Chapter 6

  1. How did Tom trap Tusk so he could help Elenna?  trapped her in snake ferns    p. 42
  2. Why didn't anyone open the gates at the rebel camp?  Seth had captured them with Gorgonian guards  p. 46
  3. Why couldn't Tom move?  his shadow was too far away  p. 47

Chapter 7

  1. Who interrupted Tom and Seth's sword fight?  the rebels  p. 52
  2. What made Seth and the guards run?  the raining arrows  p. 53
  3. Who came out of the rebel camp to help 'Tom?  Odora  p. 54

Chapter 8

  1. Who came to help Tom fight Tusk?  Odora and other rebels  p. 58
  2. What did Tom and the rebels do to try to defeat Tusk? tie her down with ropes  p. 60
  3. Who came riding through the trees to help the rebels and Tom?  Elenna and Storm  p. 62

Chapter 9

  1. What helped Elenna feel better?  antidote/ medicine woman  p. 64
  2. How did Tusk help free Ferno?  her tusks tore the snake ferns around the dragon  p. 66
  3. What appeared in the sky when Tusk was defeated?  gateway to Avantia  p. 67
  4. Who else went through the gateway?  Odora and the rebels  p. 68

Chapter 10

  1. Why was Kerlo worried about the rebels going through the gateway?  What if they don't want to be ruled by King Hugo?  p. 70
  2. Who came through the gateway out of Avantia into Gorgonia?  Silver  p. 74
  3. What did the amber jewel give Tom?  better fighting skills  p. 74