The Hidden Kingdom

By Tui T. Sutherland

Wings of Fire Book 3

Grades 3-7

About

The five dragonets of the prophecy are hoping to hide in safety in the RainWing kingdom, but when tribe members start disappearing and the old queen does nothing, it is up to Glory and her friends to uncover the lurking evil. Text has violence.

School grades3–7
Guided reading levelW
Accelerated Reader points10.0

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

Summarize the introduction.

Page 1 — The friends traveled with Webs toward the RainWing kingdom; two MudWing guards passed the group, were attacked and died

1

Chapter 2

Comprehension questions

Describe Glory’s expectations in meeting her family?

Page 14 — She wants it to be better than life on the mountain and hopes her parents won’t be like Clay’s parents

14

Chapter 3

Comprehension questions

Describe the RainWings they meet in this chapter.

They were different beautiful colors; didn’t recognize Glory; use poisonous darts to capture and question dragons

Chapter 4

Comprehension questions

What is something Glory learned about herself in this chapter?

Page 30 — The sun recharges RainWing scales and makes them happier, prettier, smarter, and better at camouflage

30

Chapter 5

Comprehension questions

Why is Glory unimpressed when she found out she’s related to Jambu?

Page 44 — He never cared about her before so she figured he wouldn’t now

44

Chapter 6

Comprehension questions

Summarize this chapter.

Page 47 — The friends wake up and demand to see the queen to get help for Webs; there’s a line and as they wait, they learn a number of RainWings are missing from the tribe

47

Chapter 7

Comprehension questions

What response did Glory get from the queen when she said she was stolen?

Page 67 — The Queen thought whoever took her was rude but didn’t really care

67

Chapter 8

Comprehension questions

Predict what Glory and her friends do.

Listen to your child’s answer

Choose a word that defines Glory in this chapter. Explain. Impulsive, reasonable, brave;

listen to your child’s answer

Chapter 9

Comprehension questions

Summarize what Clay and Glory do. Were you correct in your prediction?

Page 82 — They hide in the trees and watch the area to see if anything goes in and out of the doorway/hole

82

Chapter 10

Comprehension questions

Summarize the journey into the tunnel and what Glory found.

Page 89 — The tunnel seemed to be made from magic and led to the desert, and the Sand Kingdom

89

Chapter 11

Comprehension questions

Explain why Mangrove rushed through the tunnel unannounced.

Page 102 — He wants to find Orchid and knew if he said something, he would be stopped

102

Chapter 12

Comprehension questions

Summarize this chapter.

Page 105 — The dragons fly toward the Ice Kingdom; waking early, Glory flies around and finds a NightWing near where she and her friends slept

105

Chapter 13

Comprehension questions

Describe Deathbringer.

Page 113 — A young learned NightWing; he’s on a mission, waiting for someone; flirtatious with Glory; expects other dragons to be in awe of him

113

Chapter 14

Comprehension questions

Why did Glory decide they needed to go into the fortress appearing as IceWings?

Page 126 — There wasn’t a way to sneak in and she didn’t want Jambu to freeze; Mangrove wouldn’t have given up trying to get in

126

Chapter 15

Comprehension questions

What choice did Glory make when determining what to do to Blaze.

Page 133 — She gave a version of the truth

133

Chapter 16

Comprehension questions

Predict what you think will happen.

Listen to your child’s answer

Chapter 17

Comprehension questions

How is Glory and Tsunami’s friendship growing?

Page 154 — They are individually maturing and don’t fight and argue like they used to

154

Do you agree with Mangrove that his search for Orchid in the fortress was useless?

Listen to your child’s answer

Chapter 18

Comprehension questions

What does Glory mean when she wants to be the bait?

Page 168 — She’s willing to be in danger to find out more about the monster

168

Chapter 19

Comprehension questions

Summarize this chapter.

Page 169 — Glory was alone and was captured; She was taken into a cave and heard dragons talking; Deathbringer knows them and is giving them instruction

169

Chapter 20

Comprehension questions

Describe the home of the NightWings.

Page 181 — Cave with molten lava and smells of eggs; full of NightWings

181

Chapter 21

Comprehension questions

Describe Kinkajou.

A dragonet no more than three years; talks a lot; is very brave; the RainWing that was out training and was kidnapped

Chapter 22

Comprehension questions

Do you think Glory will be able to trust Deathbringer?

Listen to your child’s answer

Chapter 23

Comprehension questions

Why didn’t Kinkajou want to use her acid?

Page 203 — She didn’t want to hurt another dragon

203

Chapter 24

Comprehension questions

Why did Glory challenge Queen Magnificent for the throne?

Page 217 — Because the Queen didn’t care what happened to her tribe and Glory did; if Glory is queen, she can control what the tribe does

217

Chapter 25

Comprehension questions

Summarize Glory’s reason for wanting to be queen?

Page 227 — To save the missing RainWings

227

Chapter 26

Comprehension questions

Describe Sunny in this chapter.

Page 231 — Hopeful dragons can change; encouraging; positive

231

Chapter 27

Comprehension questions

Summarize this chapter.

Page 237 — Glory trained for the challenge the next day; her friends made her sleep; she woke up looking at Queen Scarlet

237

Chapter 28

Comprehension questions

Describe how Queen Scarlet found Glory.

Page 244 — A magical dreamvisitor stone an animus dragon created to see and talk to people while they sleep

244

Chapter 29

Comprehension questions

Predict the challenge the Queen will have Glory and her team do?

Page 257 — Listen to your child’s answer

257

Chapter 30

Comprehension questions

What had the sloths done during the tree gliding race?

Page 267 — Cheated for the queen; threw out a vine to slow Jambu down

267

Chapter 31

Comprehension questions

Summarize the camouflage contest and who won.

Page 276 — The queen went first; Glory found her by watching the audience’s reactions; the Queen found Glory by scaring her sloth and chasing it when it ran to Glory; the queen won

276

Chapter 32

Comprehension questions

Summarize this chapter.

Page 280 — Glory and the Queen were tied two to two; during the venom contest, Kinkajou saw a sloth wander in front of the board and was burned when saving it as Grandeur spit and hit her

280

Chapter 33

Comprehension questions

Summarize the conclusion to this story.

Page 287 — Glory is rightfully queen due to being Grandeur’s descendent; the tribe celebrates; Clay comes to warn Glory that Starflight is gone and possibly went to warn the NightWings

287

Epilogue

Comprehension questions

Who is the unconscious dragonet? What do you think happened?

Page 296 — Starflight, he was kidnapped

296

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What to read next

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By Tui T. Sutherland

Book 4 · Grades 4–7

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