Echo Reading Comprehension Questions - Week 1

The following questions are due to Turnitin.com on Monday 12/4/17 at 8 AM

*Every answer must be written in the form of full, complete sentences.  You may answer with more than one sentence.  

Prologue, Page 2-3

1. “Fifty years before the war to end all wars…” (2). What war is the author

referring to?

2. Why was it “strictly forbidden” to run into the forest?

3. What did the boy buy from a Gypsy? What did he discover about his new item?

Prologue, A Witch, a Kiss, a Prophecy

4. Why did the king abandon his baby girl?

5. What does the witch name the baby?

6. What prophecy does the midwife give the baby? What does it mean?

7. What does the witch name the second daughter?

8. What does the witch name the third baby?

9. Do the girls ever hear the chime that was delivered to them in the prophecy? If so, what does it mean?

Prologue, A Secret, a Spell, a Final Deed

10. Are the three sisters grateful of the witch? Why or why not?

11. What two things were the sisters grateful of?

12. What happened to the three sisters?

13. What items does Otto acquire in the forest?

14. Is there a reason why there are THREE sisters? What is the significance with the number 3?

15. What is a messenger? Is it a positive or a negative thing? Explain your answer.