Spiderwick Comprehension Questions

Who has moved to a new house?

• Mallory, Jared, Simon

• James, Mallory, Simon

• Jared, Hillary, Mallory

• James, Mallory, Helen

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

What does the house look like?

• Old, Victorian, Like a bunch of shacks stacked up.
• Old, Modern, like a bunch of houses put together.
• Old, Classic, like a bunch of rooms stacked together.
• Old, Victorian, like a bunch of garbage in a pile.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What was on the door of their new house?

• An old ram skull door knocker.
• An old cow skull door knocker.
• A new doorbell.
• An old rusty doorbell.

When J first got into the house what did he hear?

• He heard a sound in the wall like a squirrel
• He heard a scream from the attic
• He heard a banging sound in the basement
• He heard his brother and sister yelling

What happened to Jared before they moved to the new house? His mother said it is a..?

• He got into many fights at school, now it’s a new beginning
• He fought with his father, now he's being punished
• He got into fights at school and had to run away
• He ran away from students at school, they didn’t like him

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

Simon is fascinated with what? He has many of them in his bedroom.

• Animals, He has two mice
• Birds, He has 3 parrots
• Faeries, He has a brownie named Fred
• Cockroaches, He has a family of them in the wall

When Jared woke up what was standing in the doorway?

• A figure that looked like a ghost
• Simon trying to scare him
• Simons' mice
• A big scary Boggart

In the kitchen downstairs what did Mallory do?

• She broke the wall with a broom
• She broke the fridge with a broom
• She poured flour all over the floor
• She slipped on the floor

What did they all find in the wall?

• Knickknacks, cockroaches, pieces of mirrors, Mallory's medal
• A bunch of garbage
• Dust and dirt, a tie, old hats, tshirts, books about faeries
• Books about golems, goblins, and all kinds of creatures

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

What was so strange about the things that they found?

• Soldiers arms and legs were melted, there were cochroaches
• Soldiers heads were ripped off and painted
• Soldiers hands and feet were tied together
• Soldiers were stood in a row like an army