Comprehension Questions- Beast Quest #3 Cypher the Mountain Giant

Cypher the Mountain Giant

by Adam Blade

Grades 3-5; Genre - Fantasy; GRL S; AR pts: 1.0

Tom and Elenna head to the mountains to find Cypher and unlock the giant from Malvel's evil enchantment.

Comprehension Questions

Chapter 1

  1. What did the group of traders give Tom and Elenna to help them in the mountain pass?  rope  p. 13
  2. What was causing the ground to shake as they walked up the pass?  mudslide  p. 16

Chapter 2

  1. What did Elenna hold onto during the mudslide?  Storm's reins  p. 18
  2. Why was it scary for Tom and Elenna to be caught in a mudslide?  surprised them, heavy, thick, slippery, deep  p. 21

Chapter 3

  1. How did Tom and Elenna feel after the mudslide?  cold, wet, tired, relieved  p. 24
  2. Where did the friends camp for the night?  a cave  p. 24

Chapter 4

  1. What did Tom find on the cave walls in the morning?  drawings of a giant p. 26
  2. What covered the village Tom and Elenna were looking for? rock slide  p. 29
  3. What were the men stealing from the houses in the village?  food  p. 33

Chapter 5

  1. Who were the thieves?  townspeople  p. 36
  2. How did Tom feel about the trapped people?  he should save them no matter what they did  p.  38
  3. Who was howling and screeching up on the mountain?  Cypher  p. 38

Chapter 6

  1. How did Tom break the huge rock?   hitting his sword hilt against its weak spot       p. 41
  2. What plain does Cypher live on?  Place of Eagles  p. 44

Chapter 7

  1. Why was it dangerous for Elenna and Silver to be in the closed in cave?  they might run out of air  p. 51
  2. Tell me about Cypher.  one-eyed giant, yellow teeth, as tall as trees, wider than a house, left footprints in the ground, muscles   p.52  

Chapter 8

  1. Why couldn't the beast find Tom?  he was covered in dirt so he blended in with the mountain  p. 54
  2. How did Cypher react when Tom tried to twist the key in the lock?  angry, swatted at him  p. 58

Chapter 9

  1. Why did Tom feel like he was safe to unlock the collar when Cypher was dangling from the cliff? Cypher couldn't swat at him  p. 65
  2. Was Tom able to free Cypher from the enchantment?  yes  p. 65

Chapter 10

  1. What saved Tom from falling with the collar?  rope  p. 66
  2. What fell onto Tom's shield?  Cypher's tear  p. 71
  3. Why had Silver kept running off?  he knew there were wolf cubs in danger  p. 71
  4. How will Cypher's tear drop protect Tom? if he's falling from a great height the shield will help him slow down  p. 74