Dragon Keeper Questions

Chapter 1
1. 2. 3. 4. Find a simile on page 5. What is Master Lans position at the palace? What was the slave girl supposed to do at the palace? Fill in the adjective/s from page 5: (a) ________ ribbon (c) _______ girl (b) ________ creature (d) _______ bodies List the slave girls secret possessions. What does the slave girl do every time she lights the masters lamp? What is the slave girls secret pleasure? What is the simile used to describe the Emperors bed? How did the slave girl first meet the rat Hua?

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Chapter 2
1. What abstract nouns does the slave girl think of when she hears one of the dragons roar? 2. How much would the dead dragon have been worth alive? 3. What simile is used to describe the dragons hide? 4. What other 3 staff work at the palace? 5. Try to change the following into a metaphor to describe the sound of sickness: The sound of the dead body smacking against the stone made the girl feel sick. 6. Why does Master Lan want to cook the flesh of the dragon.

Chapter 3
1. Why doesnt the slave girl expect to wake up? 2. Why does Master Lan think the slave girl is lefthanded? 3. A noise startled the slave girl whilst she was in the pit. What simile is used to describe the noise? 4. What type of food does the slave girl discover the dragon likes to eat? 5. How long and tall was the dragon? 6. Describe the wisteria plant. 7. From the excellent description of the dragon on page 28, draw a picture of it for homework.

Chapter 4
1. What was the slave girls foremost thought as she fled the palace? 2. How does the dragon seem to communicate with the slave girl? 3. Find an example of onomatopoeia on page 47. 4. Find the simile used to describe what the palace buildings looked like from high in the air. 5. What did the dragon smell like?

Chapter 5
1. What was lying in a neat row on the cave floor when Ping awoke? 2. What did Ping use to make a fire? 3. What names has the dragon had? 4. What does Pings name mean? 5. What do think a li is? 6. How did Ping sit safely on the dragon? 7. What did the commander have to say about who the guards had to search for and what were the Emperors instructions?

Chapter 6
1. When does Ping know that the dragon is laughing? 2. Write some dot points to tell about how to care for the Dragon Stone. 3. Why does the dragon fear centipedes? 4. Describe the old man behind Ping on the path. Underline any similes used in the description. 5. Why did the dragon want to kill the rat? 6. Find an example of onomatopoeia on p 80. 7. Find an abstract noun on p 82.

Chapter 7
1. Why did the dragon held captive at Huangling Palace die whilst in Pings care? 2. At what time of year does Ping think it is acceptable to bathe? Why is this? 3. Explain the dragons scales. 4. Tell about the routine of walking the little group maintains. 5. How long can a dragon live for? 6. What are the other spiritual animals? 7. What is shen?

Chapter 8
1. Walking along the path, Ping was accompanied by a young man. What did he want to become? 2. How long had he been studying the one page? 3. What killed the Emperor? 4. Insert the adjective before the noun from p 105: (a) _______ people (b) ______ scholars (c) _______ citizens (d) ______ village 5. From page 107, write down just the conversation between the two characters. Set it out like a play. 6. How wide is the road by the time it reached the capitals gate?

Chapter 9
1. How did Wang come to meet Long Danzi? 2. List the items Ping bought on her first visit to the markets. 3. Explain how Ping was able to track down the thief who stole her money pouch. 4. What is the metaphor used on p 121? 5. Use page 132 to fill in the nouns: (a) two ______ (d) dispensing ______ (b) red mineral _____ (e) safe ______ (c) the _______ (f) white _______ 6. Find an example of onomatopoeia on p 132.

Chapter 10
1. Why did Danzi want to leave the capital Changan? 2. Why is it that Ping seems to sense danger in the village like she did in the market place earlier? 3. Find an adverbial phrase in the following sentence: Ping hid behind the largest pig and with her foot kicked open the unlatched bamboo door. 4. Challenge: in one minute, hunt for words with a double consonant on p 140.