The Lost Queen

1. Look at the paragraph beginning: Glancing nervously...

   Find and copy one word meaning relatives from long ago.
   

Look at the paragraph beginning: Oliver rowed...
Find and copy one word that suggests that the summer afternoon

was quiet.

Answer explanation

To become quiet means hush

...they crossed the glassy surface of the lake.

Give two impressions this gives you of the water.

Look at the paragraph beginning:

The tiny island... to the paragraph ending: ...were cut into it.

What impressions of the island do you get from these two paragraphs?

Give two.

Write down three things that you are told about the oak tree on the island.

Why did Oliver find it difficult to read the inscription on the monument?

• The inscription was covered in moss and dirt.
• The inscription was weathered and mossy.

• Oliver forgot his glasses at home.

• The monument was too tall for Oliver to reach.

What did he have to do in order to read the inscription?

• Look at the inscription directly
• Close his eyes while reading
• Ask someone else to read it aloud
• Oliver used his thumbnail to scrape out the letters.

What was revealed at the end of the story?

• Oliver was keeping a secret.

• The monument was damaged.
  

• The two families were still enemies.

• Maria’s family did not win the throne.

Two families fought for the throne.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

rival means enemy