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Dragon's Egg
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10/17/2010

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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, who is the author?
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Sarah Thompson
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, at will, what can a dragon do?
Definition
Alter the natural color of its scales to
blend in.
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what was Gran’s philosophy?
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Tears mend nothing, work mends all
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what was Mella’s mother famous for?
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Dragon eggs dish
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what did Atwin think he had traded for?
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Dragon’s teeth
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, the stranger at the inn disputed what?
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Dragon’s teeth were real
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, how were true dragons described?
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Huge and magical
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, who drove the dragons out of the kingdom?
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King Coel
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, who was the stranger at the end?
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Damien Damerson
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what was Damien?
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Knight of the order of Defenders
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, the stranger was a defender against what?
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dragons
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what had led Damien to the inn?
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signs
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what signs were there in the area?
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A farmer had lost two cows and
their bones were never found
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what happened in Grimsby?
Definition
A hunter saw a winged shadow against
the moon and he heard a loud voice he’d never heard before when he shot at it
Term
In the book, Dragon’s Egg, if dragons did not like people, why did the tolerate Mella?
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She was a
keeper
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what was Gran?
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She had been a keeper too
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, who was Damien’s squire?
Definition
Roger
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what did every dragon keeper have?
Definition
A pair of gloves
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what was the treasure Mella found in the cave?
Definition
A stone, possibly a
dragon’s egg
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, where did Mella hide her stone?
Definition
Under her bed near the chimney
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what did the terrifying cry that Mella heard mean?
Definition
loss
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what had the cave smelled like?
Definition
sulfur
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what did the deep voices she heard near the cave say?
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theif
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what did the dragon threaten to do?
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Burn down the inn
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, humans have no what according to Kieron?
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honor
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what did Mella warn the dragon of?
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The defender
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, dragon eggs must lie in what?
Definition
fire
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what will kill a dragon egg?
Definition
cold
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, if Mella did not return to the dragon, what did the dragon promise to
do?
Definition
Come back with others of his kind and destroy the village
Term
In the book, Dragon’s Egg, who did Mella ask to help her?
Definition
Roger
Term
In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what punishment did Mella’s mother have for her for not coming
home?
Definition
Scrubbing the kitchen floor
Term
In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what happened to the defender?
Definition
He was attacked by the dragon
Term
In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what did the dragon tell Mella to do with the egg?
Definition
She would have to
take the egg home
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, where was home for the dragon egg?
Definition
The hatching ground between the
Fangs
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what did the dragon call Mella?
Definition
A human with honor
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, why did Mella know she had to do what the Dragon had asked her?
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She was a Keeper and she had promised
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, why did Roger say the dragon had attacked Damien?
Definition
It was defending
its young
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, why didn’t Mella leave a note for her parents?
Definition
She had never learned
how to write
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, how did Mella’s Gran know that she was to be a dragon keeper?
Definition
As a
small child she got in the pen with the dragons and they curled up around her when she went to
sleep
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what had Mella promised Gran?
Definition
To take care of the dragons
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, why had Roger become a defender?
Definition
It was better than learn to fight
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what had Roger’s brothers been squires to?
Definition
Military orders
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what special oath had Roger taken?
Definition
An oath to keep the kingdom safe
from dragons
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what had Gran called Gypsy keepers?
Definition
Wastrels and wanderers
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, who had kidnapped Roger and Mella at the inn?
Definition
Alain
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what was Alain’s plan?
Definition
To charge a ransom for Roger
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what did Mella tell Alain the egg was?
Definition
A fire stone
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what did Roger tell Alain about the egg?
Definition
It was rare and there were
only 5 in the world
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what helped rescue Roger and Mella?
Definition
Wild dragons
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, why didn’t Roger attack the unarmed man?
Definition
It was against the rules of
honor
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, who knocked Alain out?
Definition
Mella, she didn’t have to worry about the
rules of honor
Term
In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what happens to dragon bites?
Definition
They get infected
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, before leaving Alain, what did Roger and Mella do?
Definition
They destroyed
all of his cargo
Term
In the book, Dragon’s Egg, how did Roger help the shepherd?
Definition
He climbed a tree to retrieve a lamb
an Emperor Eagle had taken
Term
In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what was the shepherd’s name?
Definition
Gwyn
Term
In the book, Dragon’s Egg, What did Alain say that he was?
Definition
Mella’s uncle
Term
In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what proof did Alain offer that he was Mella’s uncle?
Definition
He had some
beads that matched her bracelet
Term
In the book, Dragon’s Egg, who brought the egg back to Mella and Roger?
Definition
Gwyn
Term
In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what did Gwyn agree to do?
Definition
To take them to the waterfall
Term
In the book, Dragon’s Egg, who did Roger save Gwyn from?
Definition
Alain
Term
In the book, Dragon’s Egg, why did Mella think she would hate the rules of honor?
Definition
Roger risked
his life to help the shepherd
Term
In the book, Dragon’s Egg, who was Lady?
Definition
Gran’s favorite dragon
Term
In the book, Dragon’s Egg, who found the egg that Mella thought she’d lost?
Definition
Roger
Term
In the book, Dragon’s Egg, once inside the doorway, what symbol did the kids find?
Definition
Two triangles
p. 187
Term
In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what did the triangle on the left mean?
Definition
fire
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what does the triangle mean with the line through it?
Definition
Air or flight
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what was the symbol at the bottom of the figure?
Definition
serpent
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what did Roger do to Alain?
Definition
Hit him in the head with a rock
Term
In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what was Roger constantly worried about being?
Definition
Noble p. 198
Term
In the book, Dragon’s Egg, when Mella and Roger got to the hatching ground, what did they find?
Definition
dragons
Term
In the book, Dragon’s Egg, at the hatching ground, what began to happen to Mella’s egg?
Definition
It began
to hatch
Term
In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what dragon helped Roger and Mella?
Definition
Alyas
Term
In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what color was Alyas?
Definition
white
Term
In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what did the symbol flight, fire, serpent, mean?
Definition
Dragon p. 212
Term
In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what was the baby dragon?
Definition
A future queen
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what was the golden dragon?
Definition
The queen, or leader
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what dragon was sent to bring the egg to the hatching ground?
Definition
Kieron
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, who was the hostile dragon?
Definition
Chiath
Term
In the book, Dragon’s Egg, who often is an egg laid?
Definition
Every 100 years
Term
In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what were the dragons warned about?
Definition
The army approaching the
hatching grounds
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In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what did Roger tell the dragons the army was doing?
Definition
They were
probably hunting for him
Term
In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what did Roger reveal about himself?
Definition
He was the youngest son of
King Aster
Term
In the book, Dragon’s Egg, why was the queen not in favor of the children leaving the hatching
ground?
Definition
They knew where it was and would lead others to it
Term
In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what was Mella’s proposal to the dragons?
Definition
Roger go and keep her as a
hostage
Term
In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what dragon took Mella to a safe place?
Definition
Lynette
Term
In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what was Mella’s prison?
Definition
The ledge
Term
In the book, Dragon’s Egg, who brought Mella food?
Definition
Alais
Term
In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what did Alyas bring Mella to eat?
Definition
Fresh deer meat
Term
In the book, Dragon’s Egg, how had the queen dragon instructed Alyas to care for Mella?
Definition
As a
friend until the worst was proved
Term
In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what did Alyas think would balance the debt between dragons and
humans?
Definition
If Roger the through his great-grandfather of Coel could have the egg returned to the
dragons
Term
In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what kind of dragon was Alyas?
Definition
A song maker
Term
In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what was the music that Mella heard from above?
Definition
A lament for Kieron
Term
In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what did the lament contain?
Definition
All the names of Kieron’s ancestors
Term
In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what gift did the queen dragon give to Mella?
Definition
Two thin leather thongs
with ivory white teeth
Term
In the book, Dragon’s Egg, what did the thongs symbolize?
Definition
That Mella was a dragon’s friend
Term
In the book, Dragon’s Egg, when it was suggested that the army attack the dragons?
Definition
The king said
that his son had made a treaty and it could not be broken
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