Chapter 9: Fear, Vanity, Revenge and Silly Jokes

AF2
1.	What does ‘gracefully’ p.104 mean?
2.	What happened when Hiccup shouted ‘go’?
3.	What did the dragon say when Hiccup promised to tell a joke in return for mackerel?
4.	Which word told you that Old Wrinkly doesn’t think the Initiation Test is important?
Challenge: Tests are a really good way of showing how hard you have worked. True or false? Explain your answer.	AF3
1.	Why did Hiccup decide to tell jokes to his dragon?
2.	How was Toothless different when he went hunting and smelled the sea salt?
3.	Why is it important that Hiccup shows that his dragon is under his control?
4.	How did Old Wrinkly react to the boys catching fish with their dragons?
Challenge: Imagine you could travel back in time and write Old Wrinkly’s school report. What would it say?	
AF4/5
1.	Why does this chapter have that title?
2.	What do phrases such as ‘ancestral memory’
p.111 tell us about how Toothless hunts?
3. Why do you think the fact card for the Monstruous Nightmare dragon is used in the middle of this chapter?
Challenge: Design an advertising poster selling dragon watching binoculars.	AF6
1. What can you tell about how much the author likes Hiccup?
Challenge: Write 3 questions that you would like
to ask Hiccup.