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Lief, Barda and Jasmine are on to their next quest in restoring the Belt of Deltora. So far, they have recovered the topaz, ruby, opal and the lapis lazuli. Luckily, they meet some friends that help them on their journey to Dread Mountain to retrieve the fifth gem, the emerald.
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
Why were the companions nervous to drink the water from the spring they found?
Page 4 — They didn’t know if the water safe to drink
4
What happened to the companions when they drank the water from the spring?
Page 5 — Nothing, refreshed them
5
Why was it strange for Kree to sleep on the ground with Jasmine?
Page 6 — He usually sleeps in the trees
6
Chapter 2
Comprehension questions
What did Lief dream of the first night at the spring?
Page 9 — Of home, it was abandoned with a Shadow Lord symbol on the gate
9
What strange creature did Lief see at the spring that morning before everyone else awoke?
Page 11 — A young Kin
11
What game did Lief play with the Kin, Prin?
Page 13 — Hide and seek
13
Who interrupted their game of hide and seek and took Prin prisoner?
Page 14 — Two grey guards/ Carn 4 & 5
14
Chapter 3
Comprehension questions
What happened to the Guards when they drank water from the spring?
Page 18 — They became trees
18
Why do the Kin live near the spring?
Page 20 — Their home on Dread Mountain isn’t safe for them
20
How are the Kin able to see their home in their dreams?
Page 21 — The water from the spring is magical and they dream what’s real/ it’s the Dreaming Spring
21
Chapter 4
Comprehension questions
Why did Lief want to return to Del?
Page 25 — His dream told him his father and mother are either prisoners or dead
25
How many Kin agreed to fly Barda, Lief and Jasmine to Dread Mountain?
Page 26 — Three
26
How did Prin react when the Kin told her she couldn’t go to the mountain?
Page 27 — Upset/wailing
27
Chapter 5
Comprehension questions
What happened to Lief’s father?
Page 30 — Put in prison
30
Why did Fallow put him in prison?
Page 32 — The guards found The Belt of Deltora book in his house
32
At the last part of his dream of his father, why was Lief so encouraged?
Page 36 — Because his father knew he was alive and was fighting his fight just like Lief was fighting his flight
36
Chapter 6
Comprehension questions
Who else dreamed of Jarred in the dungeon?
Page 38 — Barda
38
How did the Kin carry the companions to the mountain?
Page 40 — In their pouches
40
Chapter 7
Comprehension questions
How many days did it take for the Kin to fly the companions to Dread Mountain?
Page 46 — Two
46
The companions met Doom in the Shifting Sands story. Why were they upset to see his name engraved on a gravestone in the cave?
Page 48 — They thought maybe the man who said he was Doom worked for the Shadow Lord/ they don’t know who the Doom they met really is
48
Chapter 8
Comprehension questions
How did the Kin fly to make it hard for the gnomes to hit them with their arrows?
Page 52 — Swooping, wheeling, zooming up and down
52
When the Kin landed on Dread Mountain among the boolong trees, why were they and the companions safe from the gnomes?
Page 54 — The gnomes don’t like the thorns
54
What did the three Kin take back to their friends at the Dreaming Spring?
Page 55 — Cones
55
Who followed the companions and Kin to Dread Mountain?
Page 58 — Prin
58
Chapter 9
Comprehension questions
How did the companions help Prin when she got hit by an arrow and fell from the sky?
Page 59 — Put the last of the nectar on her wound
59
Why can’t Prin go home?
Page 62 — The other Kin left and she’d never find her way
62
What’s a Vraal?
Page 63 — Scaly creature, he’s dull green striped and yellow, has a tail, bigger than a man, claws that curved at the end, cloven hoofs, eyes on the sides of his head, killing machine.
63
Chapter 10
Comprehension questions
How did Prin defeat the Vraal?
Page 71 — Put moss on his eyes
71
What color moss did Prin put on Lief to help heal his arm?
Page 71 — Green
71
What were the three things the person wrote in their blood on a stone in the cave?
Page 74 — I know I’m a man, I know where I’ve been, I know what I must do
74
Chapter 11
Comprehension questions
How do the Kin know Prin is safe?
Page 77 — They have probably dreamed about her
77
What did Barda make out of the wood from the roof of the gnome hut?
Page 81 — Shields
81
Chapter 12
Comprehension questions
Tell me about the gnomes?
Page 85 — Small people, tricky, clever, love traps
85
What did Barda use to unlock the door to the gnome stronghold?
Page 87 — An arrow
87
As the companions were deciding if they should go into the stronghold, what gave Lief the clue that they were headed into a trap?
Page 89 — He was able to read the line IF YOU WISH TO DIE
89
Chapter 13
Comprehension questions
How did the gnomes trap the companions?
Page 93 — Lured them into an tunnel using a mirror and shut a metal door behind them
93
How did the mirror lure them?
Page 93 — The companions thought their mirror images were gnomes and went to fight them
93
What did Lief see when he dreamt with the dreaming water?
Page 96 — A large cavern and toadlike beast
96
Chapter 14
Comprehension questions
Why did the gnomes collect Gellick’s slime or oily drops of sweat?
Page 97 — It was the poison the gnomes put on their arrows
97
What food did the gnomes feed Gellick?
Page 98 — Flies
98
How did Gellick kill the gnomes he was unhappy with?
Page 98 — Spat at them
98
Where were the gnomes watching the companions as they were trapped in the cave?
Page 103 — The mirror was a two-way mirror
103
Chapter 15
Comprehension questions
How did Jasmine get better from the poison arrow the gnomes hit her with?
Page 107 — She held the ruby, it’s an antidote to venom
107
Why do the gnomes serve Gellick?
Page 110 — He protects them from the Grey Guards and the Shadow Lord
110
What convinced the gnomes that they should make a deal with the companions to help them defeat Gellick?
Page 112 — They think the companions have magic that will help them defeat Gellick
112
Chapter 16
Comprehension questions
Why did Ri-Nan wake up Gellick and betray the companions?
Page 118 — So Fa-Glin would die and Ri-Nan would become the gnome leader
118
Whom does Gellick serve?
Page 118 — The Shadow Lord
118
How did Lief defeat Gellick?
Page 122 — Threw the pouch of Dreaming Spring water into his mouth
122
Chapter 17
Comprehension questions
Why was it important for the gnomes to think the companions could perform wonders?
Page 124 — So they would respect the companions and listen to them
124
How do the Kin help the gnomes?
Page 124 — Help keep the boolong trees from overgrowing so they can get to their huts and pathways
124
What were the gnomes and Kin going to fill the poison jars with to fool the Shadow Lord?
Page 126 — Stream water and boolong sap
126
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