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
- A. They will all become Thistlewings.
- B. The forest will become safe.
- C. Everyone will turn to dust with the first frost. ✓
- 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
- A. To go into the wild forest.
- B. To quote Ben Jonson more often.
- C. To understand what he already has and tend his garden. ✓
- 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
- A. "Don't go, it's too dangerous!"
- B. "Then I'm going with you. If the forest is the unknown, we'll face it together." ✓
- C. "You should listen to Griselda."
- 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
- A. A handful of glowpetal seeds.
- B. Leif's glowing petal.
- C. A secret for a secret, asking what the Elder hides. ✓
- 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
- A. That Griselda knows a special song.
- B. That Griselda guards the last seed, locked away because it bloomed from greed. ✓
- C. That the Bloomfolk live under the Elder Tree.
- 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
- A. To a dark, scary forest.
- B. To Griselda's garden.
- C. To a crystal cave with a pulsing stone-like petal. ✓
- 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
- A. He ate them to gain power.
- B. He planted them in the ground.
- C. He scattered them onto the stone petal. ✓
- 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
- A. It grew into a giant stone tree.
- B. It transformed into a field of vibrant glowpetals. ✓
- C. It turned into a Thistlewing.
- 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
- A. It was lost forever.
- B. It was transformed, and true bloom comes from nurturing what's within them. ✓
- C. It could only be found by chasing power.
- 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