Night of the Ninth Dragon
Grades ; Genre - Fantasy; GRL N; AR pts: 2.0
The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie through space and time to find that the castle of Camelot has been attacked and King Arthur has been gravely wounded. To save the kingdom—and the king—Jack and Annie have only one day to solve a riddle that will help them find a missing dragon!
Comprehension Questions
Chapter 1
- Why did Jack and Annie go into the
Frog Creek woods? Oki ran in, so they chased after him p.5 - Where did they find Oki? At the
bottom of a tree looking at the magic tree house p.6 - What’s going to be the setting of
this book? Camelot p.10
Chapter 2
- Who sent the tree house for Jack and
Annie? Queen Guinevere p.16 - Why did the guard aim a crossbow at
Jack and Annie as they approached Camelot? They’re under attack and didn’t
know if the kids were friends or enemies p.20 - Where did the queen lead Jack and
Annie? Morgan le Fay’s secret garden p.23
Chapter 3
- What were the statues of in the
garden? Dragons p.25 - What’s been stolen out of the garden?
The gold dragon; the ninth dragon p.32 - Why do the kids need to help find the
ninth dragon? To get Merlin, Morgan, Teddy and Kathleen back from Avalon and
to send King Arthur there to heal from his wound p.33
Chapter 4
- Why were the Jack, Annie, the king
and queen going to Cafelle’s? She can prophesy and tell them where the ninth
dragon is p.37 - Why were they traveling in a hay
cart? No one will suspect the king riding in a hay cart p.39 - Why was Jack nervous when he found
out the knights weren’t coming with them? he knew they could be attacked by
invaders and they wouldn’t have the protection of the knights p.45
Chapter 5
- Describe Cafelle. She’s an old
woman who’s blind, but could describe Jack and Annie perfectly, she’s kind and
has a dog that cannot hear p.51 - What is Cafelle’s special ability? The
leaves and wind speak to her and tell her what she desires to know p.56
Chapter 6
- When did the ninth dragon need to be
returned to the garden? Dawn the next day p.59 - What did the seer give to both Jack
and Annie? Red stones from the mountains of fire before time p.61 - Why was Jack frustrated about the
stones? He didn’t know how to use them p.66
Chapter 7
- How did Annie help get rid of the
invaders that questioned them? she put yellow spots on her face with a
highlighter and said she had yellow fever p.72 - Why was Jack freezing as they
traveled in the rain? He’d given his cloak to the king p.78 - What did Guinevere tell the kids
about as they traveled? The Isle of Avalon p.78
Chapter 8
- Why did the kids send the oxen back
to Camelot? The rope that connected the oxen to the cart had torn and they
weren’t of use anymore p.83 - How did Jack, Annie and Guinevere get
the cart to Munith Mor without the oxen? They pushed and pulled p.85 - What represented the curtain in the
riddle? A waterfall p.88
Chapter 9
- What did Jack and Annie find in the
cave behind the waterfall? The dragon statue p.96 - Why was the queen giving up? The
healing water was gone, Arthur was dying, they heard the robbers coming on
horses p.98 - What happened when Jack and Annie
used their stones? A giant red dragon rose out of the erupting mountain
above them p.101
Chapter 10
- Where did the portal take Jack,
Annie, Guinevere and Arthur? To Avalon p.103 - How did Merlin, Morgan, Teddy and
Kathleen respond when they first saw Jack and Annie in Avalon? Bewildered, amazed,
surprised, astonished p.106 - Why did Jack and Annie need to return
the dragon statue to Camelot before dawn? If it’s not returned by dawn, it’s
power will be lost forever and those in Avalon will never return p.109
Chapter 11
- Where did Jack and Annie leave their
magic stones? By the dragon statue in the garden p.115 - What message did Jack and Annie give
the knights? That the kind and queen are healing in Avalon and will be back
to restore order to the kingdom p.118