Comprehension Questions- Beast Quest #8 Claw the Giant Ape

 Claw the Giant Ape

by Adam Blade

Grades 2-5; Genre - Fantasy; GRL T; AR pts: 1.0

Tom and Elenna are on their next quest to find the chain mail the evil wizard Malvel stole.  They call on Ferno the Fire Dragon to help them as they fight Claw the Giant Ape.

Comprehension Questions

Chapter 1

  1. Where do Tom and Elenna need to travel to get the chain mail?  Dark Jungle  p. 9
  2. Tell me about the bridge they had to cross? planks were missing, breaking and warped, not strong enough to hold all of their weight  p. 12

Chapter 2

  1. How did Elenna and Tom dry off Storm after he was safe on the bank of the river?  rubbed him with long grass  p. 19
  2. How did Tom start to feel about Storm, Silver and Elenna?  they were like his family  p. 20

Chapter 3

  1. What wrapped around Elenna's arm when she reached out to the flower?  vines  p. 25
  2. What did Elenna see on the tree trunks?  deep gashes  p. 28

Chapter 4

  1. Where did Claw take Elenna?  up into the trees  p. 33
  2. Why did Tom feel like Claw was being a coward?  he stayed up in the trees and only fought with his tail  p. 36

Chapter 5

  1. Why had the chain mail been moving around on the map?  Claw was wearing it  p. 38
  2. Why did Tom want to get out of the trees and onto the ground?  lost his sword, being in the trees was dangerous  p. 39

Chapter 6

  1. What had Silver fallen into?  extinct volcano  p. 44
  2. Where was Claw's lair?   in the volcano  p. 48
  3. Why did Tom want to save Elenna before he went after the armor?  she's more important, wanted to make sure she was safe  p. 49

Chapter 7

  1. Where should Tom fight Claw?  on the ground  p. 58
  2. Why?  his feet can't grip anything on the ground  p. 58
  3. Who did Tom call to come help him fight the giant ape?  Ferno the fire dragon  p. 59

Chapter 8

  1. What forced Claw to the ground?  smoke from the dragon's fire  p. 62
  2. What was Claw's best weapon on the ground?  his tail  p. 63

Chapter 9

  1. After Tom got the chain mail off of Claw, what happened to the beast?  he disappeared, he turned into lots of little monkeys  p. 68
  2. When Tom put the armor on, how did he feel? brave, strong  p. 69