Retrieval Questions 1. What gift did Little Amaris receive from her father in Chapter 1? 2. What type of vehicle did Al Hambone use to travel through time in Chapter 2? 3. How did Little Amaris and Al Hambone enter the Ottoman Empire in Chapter 3?

Inference Questions 4. What do you think Al Hambone might have thought about Little Amaris’s generosity when she gave the soup to the Sultan’s chef in Chapter 1? 5. What do you think Little Amaris might have been feeling when Al Hambone jumped into the hot air ballon in Chapter 2? 6. Why do you think the Sultan’s advisors were so angry about Al Hambone’s arrival in Chapter 3?

Prediction Questions 7. What do you think will happen next after Al Hambone has entered the Ottoman Empire in Chapter 3? 8. How do you think Little Amaris and Al Hambone will escape from the Sultan’s palace in Chapter 3?

Summarizing Questions 9. How did Al Hambone explain time travel to Little Amaris in Chapter 2? 10. What do Little Amaris and Al Hambone learn about the wish the Sultan made in Chapter 3? 11. How did Little Amaris help a poor family in Chapter 1? 12. How did Al Hambone and Little Amaris finally get back to the present time in Chapter 2? 13. How did the Sultan reward Little Amaris and Al Hambone for their help in Chapter 3? 14. What do Little Amaris and Al Hambone learn about Al Hambone’s family in Chapter 2? 15. What did Little Amaris and Al Hambone discover about their destiny in Chapter 3?