Why was the king restless? (He couldn't be satisfied, wasn't happy?)
He was bored.
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A citizen of a kingdom, under the rule of another.
What is a subject?
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Why did the king throw the inventors in jail?
He used their inventions and crashed to the ground.
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What word could best descrribe Isaac Summerville?
smart, wise
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What effect did the books have on the king?
They kept him from being bored and kept him safely amused.
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What caused the Heli-Cap-Ter to fly?
The rotors turning.
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How is the conflict in this story resolved? (How is the problem solved?)
The king ends his boredom by reading books.
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The king asks Tina if the wings she made work. She answers by saying "...Do fish swim? Do lions roar? Do elephants have trunks?" How does this answer his question?
The answers to all the questions are the same as the answer to his question, yes.
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Isaac says, "Books are wings to the land of knowledge. And they are also wings to the land of fun." What does he mean?
Reading allows a person to travel through his or her imagination, using your imagination is fun.
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How are Tina Applewhite and Isaac Summerville different?
Tina tries to make the king actually fly, Isaac makes the king fly using his imagination.
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"The kings subjects (all) wanted to please him." This is an example of which: opinion, generalization, incomplete sentence?
What is generalization.
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The author divides the play into two scenes. Why do you think she did this instead of just having one scene?
The author wanted to show the passing of time between the problem and solution.
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What is the theme of the story?
A person can travel by entering the magical world of reading. Using your imagination by reading a book can take you on an adventure.
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Name one way the king and queen are alike. (Hint: it invovles books)
They both develop a love of reading.
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Imagine that the king sees Isaac Summerville a week later. What did he probably say to Isaac?
Possible answer: I am having amazing adventures! I love reading books!