Comprehension Questions (Answer Key) Chapters 1-3 1. Where were Jack and Annie coming from when they saw the dove? school p. 4 2. Where were Annie and Jack going to celebrate Christmas? in Camelot p. 6 3. How did Annie get the tree house to take them to Camelot if there wasn't a book to point to? she held the invitation and made a wish p. 8 4. What did Camelot look like when Jack and Annie arrived? sad, lonely, deserted p. 9 5. How did Morgan feel when she saw Jack and Annie? surprised, confused p. 12 6. Why isn't Camelot celebrating Christmas? Mordred cast a spell that took away Camelot's joy p. 13 7. Why won't a book help Jack and Annie understand what's going on in Camelot? Camelot's a legend and is kept alive by people's imaginations. p. 14 8. Who did Jack, Annie and Morgan eat dinner with after arriving in Camelot? King Arthur, Queen Guinevere, the Knights of the Round Table p. 22 9. Why were three knights missing? Arthur sent them on a quest and they never returned p. 24 10. Why has King Arthur banned magic from his kingdom? he blames magic for all of Camelot's woes p. 24 11. Why won't Jack and Annie see Morgan any more? the tree house is banned from Camelot p. 25
Comprehension Questions Chapters 1-3 1. Where were Jack and Annie coming from when they saw the dove? 2. Where were Annie and Jack going to celebrate Christmas? 3. How did Annie get the tree house to take them to Camelot if there wasn't a book to point to? 4. What did Camelot look like when Jack and Annie arrived? 5. How did Morgan feel when she saw Jack and Annie? 6. Why isn't Camelot celebrating Christmas? 7. Why won't a book help Jack and Annie understand what's going on in Camelot? 8. Who did Jack, Annie and Morgan eat dinner with after arriving in Camelot? 9. Why were three knights missing? 10. Why has King Arthur banned magic from his kingdom? 11. Why won't Jack and Annie see Morgan anymore?
Comprehension Questions (Answer Key) Chapters 4-6 1. Why had the Christmas Knight come to see the king? to encourage him to send someone to the Otherworld to find Camelot's joy p. 30 2. What will happen to Camelot if no one goes to the Otherworld? it will die p. 30 3. Who volunteered to go to the Otherworld? Annie p. 31 4. Who tried to stop Jack and Annie from going to the knight? King Arthur, Morgan, Knights of the Round Table p. 31 5. What happened to Morgan and the others in the room? turned to statues p. 33 6. When will they come back to life? after Jack and Annie complete their quest p. 33 7. What do Jack and Annie need to bring back to Camelot to bring it back to life? a cup of water from a cauldron that's filled with Water of Memory and Imagination p. 34 8. What's the first gift Jack and Annie received? red cloak from the knight p. 35 9. What appeared below the tree house when Annie wished to go to the Otherworld? a deer/ stag p. 39 10. How did Jack feel when he put on the Christmas Knight's red cloak? safe, warm p.40 11. Who was guarding the Otherworld's iron gate? two knights p. 44
Comprehension Questions Chapters 4-6 1. Why had the Christmas Knight come to see the king? 2. What will happen to Camelot if no one goes to the Otherworld? 3. Who volunteered to go to the Otherworld? 4. Who tried to stop Jack and Annie from going to the knight? 5. What happened to Morgan and the others in the room? 6. When will they come back to life? 7. What do Jack and Annie need to bring back to Camelot to bring it back to life? 8. What's the first gift Jack and Annie received? 9. What appeared below the tree house when Annie wished to go to the Otherworld? 10. How did Jack feel when he put on the Christmas Knight's red cloak? 11. Who was guarding the Otherworld's iron gate?
Comprehension Questions (Answer Key) Chapters 7-9 1. What's special about the Christmas Knight's cloak? It came make Jack and Annie invisible. p. 49 2. What do they have to do to make the cloak work? put it on with the hood pulled over their heads p. 49 3. How did Jack feel when he put on the hood and became invisible? scared, creeped out, didn't like it p. 50 4. How did Jack and Annie open the gate and get past the guards? Annie made whooshing sounds like the wind/ she pretended to be the wind p. 52 5. Where did the rhyme say Jack and Annie needed to go to find the Keepers of the Cauldron? beyond the gate p. 54 6. What did Jack and Annie see down the hill? dancers and musicians p. 55 7. How did Jack and Annie feel when they got down to the dancers? like dancing p. 56 8. Why did Annie tell Jack to stop dancing? the knights looked sick p. 59 9. Why did the knights look so bad when Jack and Annie saw them dancing? they can't stop dancing, they're dancing themselves to death p. 62 10. What did Jack and Annie need to do to make sure they didn't get caught up in the music and dancing again? think about something else p. 62 11. What did Annie yell to help Jack break out of the dancing spell? Morgan p. 63 12. How did the dancers in the circle react when Jack, Annie and the knights left the dancing circle? didn't notice, they closed their circle and kept on dancing p. 64
Comprehension Questions Chapters 7-9 1. What's special about the Christmas Knight's cloak? 2. What do they have to do to make the cloak work? 3. How did Jack feel when he put on the hood and became invisible? 4. How did Jack and Annie open the gate and get past the guards? 5. Where did the rhyme say Jack and Annie needed to go to find the Keepers of the Cauldron? 6. What did Jack and Annie see down the hill? 7. How did Jack and Annie feel when they got down to the dancers? 8. Why did Annie tell Jack to stop dancing? 9. Why did the knights look so bad when Jack and Annie saw them dancing? 10. What did Jack and Annie need to do to make sure they didn't get caught up in the music and dancing again? 11. What did Annie yell to help Jack break out of the dancing spell? 12. How did the dancers in the circle react when Jack, Annie and the knights left the dancing circle?
Comprehension Questions (Answer Key) Chapters 10-12 1. Who were the three knights Jack and Annie saved from the dancing circle? Sir Lancelot, Percival, and Galahad p. 66 2. What did the knights give Jack and Annie for their quest to find the water? silver cup, compass, key p. 67 3. What did the knights do after giving Jack and Annie their gifts? sleep p. 69 4. What direction did Jack and Annie need to go next to find the cauldron? west p. 70 5. What color was the light that filled the cave? purple p. 74 6. How did Jack and Annie reach the cauldron and fill the cup with the Water of Memory and Imagination? Annie climbed on Jack's back p. 75 7. Who are the real Keepers of the Cauldron? four dragon like creatures p. 78 8. Why did Annie want to drink the Water of Memory and Imagination to escape the creatures? she hoped it would help them imagine a way to escape p. 79 9. How did the water help them escape the creatures? gave them strength and courage to fight them p. 80 10. What did Jack and Annie use to fight them? burning branches p. 82 11. What kept the creatures in the holes so Jack and Annie could escape? a burning branch placed in the doorway p. 82
Comprehension Questions Chapters 10-12 1. Who were the three knights Jack and Annie saved from the dancing circle? 2. What did the knights give Jack and Annie for their quest to find the water? 3. What did the knights do after giving Jack and Annie their gifts? 4. What direction did Jack and Annie need to go next to find the cauldron? 5. What color was the light that filled the cave? 6. How did Jack and Annie reach the cauldron and fill the cup with the Water of Memory and Imagination? 7. Who are the real Keepers of the Cauldron? 8. Why did Annie want to drink the Water of Memory and Imagination to escape the creatures? 9. How did the water help them escape the creatures? 10. What did Jack and Annie use to fight them? 11. What kept the creatures in the holes so Jack and Annie could escape?
Comprehension Questions (Answer Key) Chapters 13-16 1. What did Annie say she imagined as they fought the Keepers? fighting with flaming swords p. 84 2. What did Jack imagine? the Keepers going back into their holes p. 85 3. What knight did Jack and Annie ride with to the gate of the Otherworld? Sir Lancelot p. 88 4. What was waiting for them outside the gate? white stag p. 90 5. Why was it a good idea for Jack and Annie to ride the stag back to Camelot? it was faster than the horses p. 92 6. Who did Annie give the red cloak? the stag p. 94 7. What were Jack and Annie going to do with the water and the frozen statues? put a drop of water of each of them p. 95 8. What happened to the water when Jack tripped? it spilled onto the floor p. 96 9. What was the result of Jack spilling the special water? it created a cloud and brought the whole kingdom to life p. 93 10. Who had really summoned Jack and Annie to Camelot? Merlin p. 104 11. Why did Merlin need to rely on Jack and Annie to save Camelot? King Arthur wouldn't send anymore knights and there was nobody left that would help. p. 105 12. What qualities do Jack and Annie have that gave Merlin confidence they would succeed on this quest? imagination and fight for the good p. 105 13. Why did Jack think their adventure was a dream? he fell asleep in Camelot and woke up in the Frog Creek Woods p. 108 14. What was Annie's proof that it wasn't all a dream? the invitation from Merlin p. 108 15. What did Jack do to help keep the legend of Camelot alive? wrote down his story of saving Camelot p. 111
Comprehension Questions Chapters 13-16 1. What did Annie say she imagined as they fought the Keepers? 2. What did Jack imagine? 3. What knight did Jack and Annie ride with to the gate of the Otherworld? 4. What was waiting for them outside the gate? 5. Why was it a good idea for Jack and Annie to ride the stag back to Camelot? 6. Who did Annie give the red cloak? 7. What were Jack and Annie going to do with the water and the frozen statues? 8. What happened to the water when Jack tripped? 9. What was the result of Jack spilling the special water? 10. Who had really summoned Jack and Annie to Camelot? 11. Why did Merlin need to rely on Jack and Annie to save Camelot? 12. What qualities do Jack and Annie have that gave Merlin confidence they would succeed on this quest? 13. Why did Jack think their adventure was a dream? 14. What was Annie's proof that it wasn't all a dream? 15. What did Jack do to help keep the legend of Camelot alive?