Comprehension Questions- Magic Tree House Merlin Missions #5 Carnival at Candlelight

Carnival at Candlelight

By Mary Pope Osborne

Grades 3-5; Genre - Historical Fiction with Fantastical Elements; GRL N; AR pts: 2.0

Jack and Annie travel to Venice and help rescue the city from flooding with the god, Neptune's help.

Comprehension Questions

Chapter 1

  1. How did Teddy and Kathleen tell Jack and Annie they were in the tree house waiting for them?  They sent them dreams  p. 4
  2. What was in the book Kathleen gave Jack and Annie?  10 rhymes that are spells  p. 7
  3. Why are Jack and Annie supposed to use the spells sparingly?  They can only use them each once, and the spells need to last on four missions  p. 7
  4. How did Kathleen and Teddy get back home?  Rings Morgan gave them  p. 9

Chapter 2

  1. Where did Jack and Annie travel to?  Venice, Italy  p. 12
  2. Who does Merlin want Jack and Annie to save?  Grand Lady of the Lagoon   p.13
  3. Why was Jack glad it was night and dark?  He didn’t want anyone to see him in his silly outfit  p. 15
  4. What festival were the people of Venice celebrating?  Carnival  p. 19

Chapter 3

  1. How do we know Annie wasn’t being patient?  She rushed to the next part of the rhyme if they couldn’t solve it immediately, she didn’t want to wait for Jack to read about Venice  p. 25
  2. Were the guards outside the palace real or just dressed in costumes?  Real  p. 33
  3. What did Annie want to use when they weren’t able to figure out the rhyme Merlin gave them? One of Kathleen’s rhyme  p. 33 
  4. How did Jack and Annie get into the palace?  Two clowns distracted the guards  p. 34

Chapter 4

  1. What room were Jack and Annie in when the guards found them?  Map room   p. 39
  2. What did the guards call Jack and Annie?  Thieves  p. 40
  3. Where were Jack and Annie when they decided to use a magic rhyme?  Prison cell  p. 43
  4. How did the rhyme help Jack and Annie escape?  Jack bent the bars to the cell  p. 44

Chapter 5

  1. Where did Jack and Annie decide to go once they were free of the palace and guards?  Painters home/ Tiepolo p. 50
  2. Why was there so much water in the streets?  Lots of rain coming down from the mountains  p. 52
  3. Who did Jack and Annie find in Tiepolo’s home?  His son  p. 58
  4. Who is the Ruler of the Seas Jack and Annie are looking for?  Neptune  p. 60
  5. What was Jack and Annie’s mission? To save all of Venice   p. 62

Chapter 6

  1. What disaster was threatening Venice?  Flood  p. 64
  2. Why were people not worried about the water splashing into the streets?  They always have high water  p. 52
  3. Who were the two men who told Jack and Annie it was midnight? Two bronze statues striking the bell  p. 70
  4. Who was the King of the Jungle that needed to help Jack and Annie?  Lion statue  p. 72

Chapter 7

  1. What spell did Jack and Annie use to get the stone lion to come to life?  Make a stone come to life  p. 73
  2. What did Jack drop as they rode the flying lion?     Kathleen’s book of rhymes     p. 80
  3. What did the angel weather vane point to?  The sea  p. 81
  4. How were Jack and Annie able to see Neptune and ask for his help to save Venice?  Their imaginations  p. 82

Chapter 8

  1. What did Annie find in the sweepers pile of garbage?  Teddy and Kathleen’s book of rhymes  p. 93
  2. Does anyone in Venice know that Jack and Annie saved it from disaster?  No  p. 94
  3. What did Lorenzo give Jack and Annie?    A small canvas he’d started painting  p. 96
  4. How did Jack and Annie get back to the tree house?  Same gondola that had taken them to Carnival  p. 97

Chapter 9

  1. Why did Jack think the gondoliers were Teddy and Kathleen?  When he pulled off the glove, he saw the person wearing a blue glass ring like Teddy’s  p. 101
  2. Are Jack and Annie able to use Kathleen and Teddy’s book in Frog Creek?  No  p. 104