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Jack and Annie go to Camelot for Christmas, but find the land has been cursed by an evil wizard. They go to the Otherworld to bring back the three missing Knights of the Round Table and a cup full of Water of Memory and Imagination.
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
Where were Jack and Annie coming from when they saw the dove?
Page 4 — school
4
Where were Annie and Jack going to celebrate Christmas?
Page 6 — in Camelot
6
How did Annie get the tree house to take them to Camelot if there wasn't a book to point to?
Page 8 — she held the invitation and made a wish
8
Chapter 2
Comprehension questions
What did Camelot look like when Jack and Annie arrived?
Page 9 — sad, lonely, deserted
9
How did Morgan feel when she saw Jack and Annie?
Page 12 — surprised, confused
12
Why isn't Camelot celebrating Christmas?
Page 13 — Mordred cast a spell that took away Camelot's joy
13
Why won't a book help Jack and Annie understand what's going on in Camelot?
Page 14 — Camelot's a legend and is kept alive by people's imaginations.
14
Chapter 3
Comprehension questions
Who did Jack, Annie and Morgan eat dinner with after arriving in Camelot?
Page 22 — King Arthur, Queen Guinevere, the Knights of the Round Table
22
Why were three knights missing?
Page 24 — Arthur sent them on a quest and they never returned
24
Why has King Arthur banned magic from his kingdom?
Page 24 — he blames magic for all of Camelot's woes
24
Why won't Jack and Annie see Morgan anymore?
Page 25 — the tree house is banned from Camelot
25
Chapter 4
Comprehension questions
Why had the Christmas Knight come to see the king?
Page 30 — to encourage him to send someone to the Otherworld to find Camelot's joy
30
What will happen to Camelot if no one goes to the Otherworld?
Page 30 — it will die
30
Who volunteered to go to the Otherworld?
Page 31 — Annie
31
Who tried to stop Jack and Annie from going to the knight?
Page 31 — King Arthur, Morgan, Knights of the Round Table
31
Chapter 5
Comprehension questions
What happened to Morgan and the others in the room?
Page 33 — turned to statues
33
When will they come back to life?
Page 33 — after Jack and Annie complete their quest
33
What do Jack and Annie need to bring back to Camelot to bring it back to life?
Page 34 — a cup of water from a cauldron that's filled with Water of Memory and Imagination
34
What's the first gift Jack and Annie received?
Page 35 — red cloak from the knight
35
Chapter 6
Comprehension questions
What appeared below the tree house when Annie wished to go to the Otherworld?
Page 39 — a deer/ stag
39
How did Jack feel when he put on the Christmas Knight's red cloak?
Page 40 — safe, warm
40
Who was guarding the Otherworld's iron gate?
Page 44 — two knights
44
Chapter 7
Comprehension questions
What's special about the Christmas Knight's cloak?
Page 49 — It came make Jack and Annie invisible.
49
What do they have to do to make the cloak work?
Page 49 — put it on with the hood pulled over their heads
49
How did Jack feel when he put on the hood and became invisible?
Page 50 — scared, creeped out, didn't like it
50
How did Jack and Annie open the gate and get past the guards?
Page 52 — Annie made whooshing sounds like the wind/ she pretended to be the wind
52
Chapter 8
Comprehension questions
Where did the rhyme say Jack and Annie needed to go to find the Keepers of the Cauldron?
Page 54 — beyond the gate
54
What did Jack and Annie see down the hill?
Page 55 — dancers and musicians
55
How did Jack and Annie feel when they got down to the dancers?
Page 56 — like dancing
56
Why did Annie tell Jack to stop dancing?
Page 59 — the knights looked sick
59
Chapter 9
Comprehension questions
Why did the knights look so bad when Jack and Annie saw them dancing?
Page 62 — they can't stop dancing, they're dancing themselves to death
62
What did Jack and Annie need to do to make sure they didn't get caught up in the music and dancing again?
Page 62 — think about something else
62
What did Annie yell to help Jack break out of the dancing spell?
Page 63 — Morgan
63
How did the dancers in the circle react when Jack, Annie and the knights left the dancing circle?
Page 64 — didn't notice, they closed their circle and kept on dancing
64
Chapter 10
Comprehension questions
Who were the three knights Jack and Annie saved from the dancing circle?
Page 66 — Sir Lancelot, Percival, and Galahad
66
What did the knights give Jack and Annie for their quest to find the water?
Page 67 — silver cup, compass, key
67
What did the knights do after giving Jack and Annie their gifts?
Page 69 — sleep
69
What direction did Jack and Annie need to go next to find the cauldron?
Page 70 — west
70
Chapter 11
Comprehension questions
What color was the light that filled the cave?
Page 74 — purple
74
How did Jack and Annie reach the cauldron and fill the cup with the Water of Memory and Imagination?
Page 75 — Annie climbed on Jack's back
75
Who are the real Keepers of the Cauldron?
Page 78 — four dragon like creatures
78
Chapter 12
Comprehension questions
Why did Annie want to drink the Water of Memory and Imagination to escape the creatures?
Page 79 — she hoped it would help them imagine a way to escape
79
How did the water help them escape the creatures?
Page 80 — gave them strength and courage to fight them
80
What did Jack and Annie use to fight them?
Page 82 — burning branches
82
What kept the creatures in the holes so Jack and Annie could escape?
Page 82 — a burning branch placed in the doorway
82
Chapter 13
Comprehension questions
What did Annie say she imagined as they fought the Keepers?
Page 84 — fighting with flaming swords
84
What did Jack imagine?
Page 85 — the Keepers going back into their holes
85
What knight did Jack and Annie ride with to the gate of the Otherworld?
Page 88 — Sir Lancelot
88
What was waiting for them outside the gate?
Page 90 — white stag
90
Chapter 14
Comprehension questions
Why was it a good idea for Jack and Annie to ride the stag back to Camelot?
Page 92 — it was faster than the horses
92
Who did Annie give the red cloak?
Page 94 — the stag
94
What were Jack and Annie going to do with the water and the frozen statues?
Page 95 — put a drop of water of each of them
95
What happened to the water when Jack tripped?
Page 96 — it spilled onto the floor
96
Chapter 15
Comprehension questions
What was the result of Jack spilling the special water?
Page 93 — it created a cloud and brought the whole kingdom to life
93
Who had really summoned Jack and Annie to Camelot?
Page 104 — Merlin
104
Why did Merlin need to rely on Jack and Annie to save Camelot?
Page 105 — King Arthur wouldn't send anymore knights and there was nobody left that would help.
105
What qualities do Jack and Annie have that gave Merlin confidence they would succeed on this quest?
Page 105 — imagination and fight for the good
105
Chapter 16
Comprehension questions
Why did Jack think their adventure was a dream?
Page 108 — he fell asleep in Camelot and woke up in the Frog Creek Woods
108
What was Annie's proof that it wasn't all a dream?
Page 108 — the invitation from Merlin
108
What did Jack do to help keep the legend of Camelot alive?
Page 111 — wrote down his story of saving Camelot
111
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