The Stone Flower — Questions and answers

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What does Leif fear will happen if they don't find a cure for the fading Stone Flower?

Choices

  1. A. They will all become Thistlewings.
  2. B. The forest will become safe.
  3. C. Everyone will turn to dust with the first frost. ✓
  4. D. Griselda will keep the old ways forever.

Answer: C. Everyone will turn to dust with the first frost.

From page 2

What advice does Griselda give Leif about finding the answer?

Choices

  1. A. To go into the wild forest.
  2. B. To quote Ben Jonson more often.
  3. C. To understand what he already has and tend his garden. ✓
  4. D. To bury some knowledge.

Answer: C. To understand what he already has and tend his garden.

From page 3

What did Briar say when Leif told her he had to go?

Choices

  1. A. "Don't go, it's too dangerous!"
  2. B. "Then I'm going with you. If the forest is the unknown, we'll face it together." ✓
  3. C. "You should listen to Griselda."
  4. D. "Tell me your dream again."

Answer: B. "Then I'm going with you. If the forest is the unknown, we'll face it together."

From page 4

What did the Thistlewing ask for in exchange for knowledge about the Stone Flower?

Choices

  1. A. A handful of glowpetal seeds.
  2. B. Leif's glowing petal.
  3. C. A secret for a secret, asking what the Elder hides. ✓
  4. D. To be friends with Leif and Briar.

Answer: C. A secret for a secret, asking what the Elder hides.

From page 5

What secret did Leif tell the Thistlewing about the Stone Flower?

Choices

  1. A. That Griselda knows a special song.
  2. B. That Griselda guards the last seed, locked away because it bloomed from greed. ✓
  3. C. That the Bloomfolk live under the Elder Tree.
  4. D. That he dreams of a twisting path.

Answer: B. That Griselda guards the last seed, locked away because it bloomed from greed.

From page 6

Where did the Thistlewing lead Leif and Briar?

Choices

  1. A. To a dark, scary forest.
  2. B. To Griselda's garden.
  3. C. To a crystal cave with a pulsing stone-like petal. ✓
  4. D. To a field of glowpetals.

Answer: C. To a crystal cave with a pulsing stone-like petal.

From page 7

What did Leif do with the glowpetal seeds to save the Stone Flower?

Choices

  1. A. He ate them to gain power.
  2. B. He planted them in the ground.
  3. C. He scattered them onto the stone petal. ✓
  4. D. He gave them to the Thistlewing.

Answer: C. He scattered them onto the stone petal.

From page 8

What happened to the Stone Flower after Leif scattered the glowpetal seeds?

Choices

  1. A. It grew into a giant stone tree.
  2. B. It transformed into a field of vibrant glowpetals. ✓
  3. C. It turned into a Thistlewing.
  4. D. It floated away into the sky.

Answer: B. It transformed into a field of vibrant glowpetals.

From page 9

What did Leif understand about the Stone Flower's magic at the end of the story?

Choices

  1. A. It was lost forever.
  2. B. It was transformed, and true bloom comes from nurturing what's within them. ✓
  3. C. It could only be found by chasing power.
  4. D. It made the glowpetal blossoms weaker.

Answer: B. It was transformed, and true bloom comes from nurturing what's within them.

From page 10