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The Kingdom Keepers: Disney After Dark
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Reading Questions & Paired Texts
Reading Check and Short Answer Questions on key points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.
CHAPTERS 1-11
Reading Check
1. What does Finn find in his pocket?
2. What is an Imagineer?
3. What is the “Stonecutter’s Quill” from Chapter 1?
4. What word does Finn use to describe how he thought of the Disney parks as a child?
5. Where doesn’t the holographic projection system work in the Disney parks?
Short Answer
Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.
1. Why is Wayne excited when Finn tells him that he saw Chip, Dale, and Goofy?
2. Why did Finn decide to become a Disney Host Interactive?
3. Why does Finn have to wear a hat and glasses when he visits the parks now?
4. How does Finn escape security at Magic Kingdom?
5. What has caused the Disney characters to come to life?
Paired Resource
“Walt Disney World Statistics”
- This page contains statistics about Walt Disney World’s attendance records.
- This website connects to theme of The Magic of Belief.
- Why might this book be appealing to Walt Disney World visitors? What about those who have not been to the parks?
- This page on Walt Disney World’s website shares its history and development from 1971 until 2008.
- This history connects to the theme of The Magic of Belief.
- What narrative does Disney’s account of its own history create about itself? How might Kingdom Keepers fit into this narrative?
CHAPTERS 12-17
Reading Check
1. How do the DHIs communicate during the day?
2. At what time do the DHIs agree to meet up?
3. What are the four elements that repeatedly appear in Magic Kingdom?
4. Which Overtaker do the DHIs meet first?
Short Answer
Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.
1. Why can’t the villains see the DHIs in Cinderella Castle’s passageway or at Frontierland?
2. How does Amanda help Finn when she and Jez both come to his house?
3. What do the DHIs do to get the dolls in the Small World ride to stop attacking them?
4. Why does Amanda tell Finn to stay up all night?
CHAPTERS 18-27
Reading Check
1. What item does Maybeck bring to help them look for clues?
2. Who chases after the kids when they go to find Maybeck at the Castle?
3. Where does Wayne live?
4. Who was Maybeck going to meet when he left Charlene and Willa?
5. What do the letters that the kids find spell out?
Short Answer
Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.
1. How is Finn able to swim against the current at Splash Mountain?
2. Why is Finn unnerved when he encounters Maleficent at the Castle?
3. Why is Space Mountain a logical place for the Overtakers to keep Maybeck?
4. Why do Willa and Charlene go to the Winne the Pooh ride during the day?
5. Why is it difficult to “borrow” the pen from the Disney museum?
Paired Resource
“Pickup”
- This poem by Alicia Ostriker is about a pickup game of basketball and playing with others.
- This poem connects to the theme of The Importance of Teamwork.
- How could this poem relate to the teamwork between the DHI kids?
“Disney Villains After Hours at Magic Kingdom Park”
- This event hosted by Disney highlights the villains at Magic Kingdom.
- This description connects back to The Magic of Belief.
- Why might people be drawn to villains? How does this compare with the role of the Disney villains in the novel?
CHAPTERS 28-34
Reading Check
1. Where does Amanda’s mother work?
2. What is the museum called?
3. Who does Finn think Jez is?
4. What are the tunnels for?
Short Answer
Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.
1. Why would Maleficent be able to hide openly at Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party?
2. Why can’t Maleficent take the pens directly from Finn?
3. What ruse does Finn use to draw Maleficent out?
4. Why is Amanda relieved when Jez is freed?
Recommended Next Reads
Kingdom Keepers II: Disney at Dawn by Ridley Pearson
- In the sequel to The Kingdom Keepers, the DHIs return and face a lightning storm, the disappearance of a friend, and trouble at the Animal Kingdom as they continue to try and protect the Disney parks.
- Shared themes include The Importance of Teamwork and The Magic of Belief.
- Shared topics include Disney, young adulthood, and theme parks.
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
- This novel follows 12-year-old Percy Jackson and other children of Greek gods as they venture on a quest to find and return Zeus’s stolen master lightning bolt before war can erupt on Mount Olympus.
- Shared themes include The Importance of Teamwork.
- Shared topics include mythology and magic.
- The Lightning Thief on SuperSummary
Reading Questions Answer Key
CHAPTERS 1-11
Reading Check
1. A fob with a red button (Chapter 1)
2. An Imagineer is someone who works at and designs Disney entertainment. (Chapter 1)
3. A puzzle (Chapter 1)
4. “Magic” (Chapter 8)
5. In shadows (Chapter 8)
Short Answer
1. Wayne is excited because it means that Finn has the ability to visit the park at night. (Chapter 1)
2. Finn loves the Disney theme parks, and his mom reminded him that he would be a special effect by becoming a hologram. (Chapter 2)
3. He has to wear a hat and glasses when he visits the parks now so people don’t confuse the real-life Finn with the hologram Finn. (Chapter 4)
4. He escapes security by pretending to be his own hologram. (Chapter 4)
5. Enough people believed in them, so they came to life. (Chapter 8)
CHAPTERS 12-17
Reading Check
1. Through an app that Philby created (Chapter 12)
2. Nine o’clock (Chapter 12)
3. Sun, cloud, wind, and stone (Chapter 12)
4. Maleficent (Chapter 13)
Short Answer
1. The Overtakers can’t see the DHIs when they hide in the shadows because the holograms don’t work there. (Chapter 12)
2. Amanda remembers that Finn has to get into bed so he can meet up with the others at the park. (Chapter 15)
3. They smile at them. (Chapter 16)
4. She thinks it is dangerous to go to the park at night, so he should avoid going there by not sleeping. (Chapter 17)
CHAPTERS 18-27
Reading Check
1. 3-D glasses (Chapter 18)
2. Pirates from Pirates of the Caribbean (Chapter 20)
3. Above the fire station (Chapter 24)
4. Jez (Chapter 24)
5. My first pen (Chapter 27)
Short Answer
1. Finn remembers that holograms are made of light, so water would move through him. His belief gives him the ability to swim against the current. (Chapter 19)
2. Maleficent knew his name. (Chapter 20)
3. It is loud and full of shadows, so it will both disguise Maybeck’s yelling and hide his hologram. (Chapter 24)
4. They think it will be safer to hunt during the day. (Chapter 25)
5. Wayne can’t get to the pens without getting fired, and even though the DHIs are able to pass through walls, the pen cannot. Because it will also be locked up, this means they have to “borrow” it during the day. (Chapter 27)
CHAPTERS 28-34
Reading Check
1. At Hollywood Studios (Chapter 28)
2. One Man’s Dream (Chapter 28)
3. Maleficent’s daughter (Chapter 29)
4. To help cast members move through the park (Chapter 31)
Short Answer
1. Everyone will be in costume at the party, so Maleficent could blend in. (Chapter 29)
2. She can’t take the pens directly from him because she can’t touch them. (Chapter 30)
3. Finn tells her that they want to destroy the servers so that they won’t have to fight her. (Chapter 32)
4. Amanda has been trying to free Jez from the spell the entire time because she and Jess are friends. Once Jess (as Jez) is freed, Amanda is so relieved that she cries happy tears. (Chapter 33)
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