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Merlin sends Jack and Annie to Ireland to help a girl find her creativity and imagination. They meet a leprechaun and with the help of the girl, save the legends of his people.
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
When Jack was outside taking notes, what appeared on his paper?
Page 4 — T K
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What did the letters stand for?
Page 5 — Teddy and Kathleen
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Where was Merlin sending Jack and Annie?
Page 7 — Ireland
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In your own words, what does INSPIRE mean?
Page 7 — to encourage, to be filled with desire, to help others be motivated
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Chapter 2
Comprehension questions
How did Jack and Annie find Augusta’s house?
Page 14 — Asked a man where the Big House is.
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How did Jack and Annie get into the Big House?
Page 18 — Said the butler sent for them.
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How did the butler know Jack and Annie weren’t the ones he sent for?
Page 20 — He sent for a blacksmith and coach driver.
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Why did the butler want to send them away?
Page 21 — Jack and Annie didn’t know how to do anything they needed.
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Chapter 3
Comprehension questions
Where had Augusta delivered cakes?
Page 22 — Poor people
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Why shouldn’t Augusta have taken Jack and Annie into the parlor?
Page 23 — They were dirty
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Tell me about the people in the house.
Page 22 — Rich, snobbish, proper
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How did Augusta, her sisters and her mom react when Jack and Annie said they could read and had been in a Shakespeare play?
Page 30 — They thought Jack and Annie were lying
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Chapter 4
Comprehension questions
What did Augusta’s mother do to help her remember to walk straight?
Page 33 — Pinched Augusta's shoulders
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Why is it important to ask yourself: what good am I good for?
Page 36 — so you can help other people, benefit those around you
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Why did Augusta want to take Jack and Annie to see Mary?
Page 38 — So Mary could tell them that Augusta isn’t a snob
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Tell me about Mary?
Page 39 — She used to be Augusta’s nursemaid, white hair, blue eyes, missing teeth
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Chapter 5
Comprehension questions
What did Mary give the children to help them warm up?
Page 41 — Hot cocoa
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How did Mary respond when Jack and Annie told them about reading, writing and being in a Shakespeare play?
Page 43 — Happy, believed them
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Who are the Shee?
Page 46 — Fairies that live in Ireland
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What did Mary say about Augusta that made her cry?
Page 51 — She’s not happy.
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Chapter 6
Comprehension questions
Why did Augusta never find the Shee?
Page 53 — She looked for them with her head, not her heart
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What kind of danger were Jack and Annie in that made it okay to use the magic whistle?
Page 56 — Augusta’s facing danger of losing hope and happiness and won’t share her gifts.
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While Annie played the flute, what story did Jack tell?
Page 59 — The same one Mary told them.
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What appeared as Jack told the story and Annie played the whistle?
Page 61 — The Shee
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Chapter 7
Comprehension questions
Where had the Shee taken Augusta?
Page 66 — To the hill of the Shee.
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Tell me about Willy.
Page 67 — He’s a leprechaun, bushy red beard, red cap, big ears, skinny legs, silver buckles on his shoes, loves Mary
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What was Willy doing when Annie started playing the whistle?
Page 70 — Taking a nap
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What did Willy want as payment for taking Jack and Annie to the Shee?
Page 73 — They would teach him how to play the whistle.
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Chapter 8
Comprehension questions
Why do the Shee turn humans into animals?
Page 76 — When the humans displease the Shee.
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Why did Willy take Jack and Annie into the hill where the Shee were?
Page 78 — He didn’t want to get turned into an animal for showing them where the Shee were.
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What advice did Willy give to Jack and Annie to help get Augusta back?
Page 79 — Be honest, polite, direct, simple, talk about friendship and family
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What did Jack and Annie see inside the hill?
Page 82 — The Shee, dancers, king and queen, Augusta
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Chapter 9
Comprehension questions
How did Augusta shrink to be the same size as the fairies?
Page 85 — She went into the hill.
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Why did Jack and Annie try to be so polite to the fairies?
Page 79 — So they wouldn’t make the fairies angry.
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What was Augusta’s response when Jack and Annie said they wanted to take her home?
Page 86 — She didn’t want to go home.
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Why did the queen want Augusta to go back to her family?
Page 93 — So she could write down the fairies’ history and tell their stories.
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Chapter 10
Comprehension questions
Why was Augusta so excited when they were returned to the bank of the river?
Page 95 — She finally saw the Shee and felt she had important things to do.
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Where did the children find Willy?
Page 97 — At Mary’s cottage
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Why didn’t Willy hide when the children came into the cottage?
Page 98 — because all of them had seen the Shee.
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In what way did Annie explain to Willy that she couldn’t teach him how to play the flute?
Page 101 — Simple, direct, honest
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Chapter 11
Comprehension questions
What did Jack and Annie use to find out more about Augusta?
Page 106 — Internet/ computer
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What kinds of things are Jack and Annie good at?
Page 109 — Helping each other, helping other people and animals
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Tell me three things you’re good at.
help your child think of something they do that helps them feel important and special (ex: doing jobs, reading to younger siblings, doing homework, being respectful, obeying, giving hugs)
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