Comprehension Questions- Magic Tree House #12 Polar Bears Past Bedtime

Polar Bears Past Bedtime

By Mary Pope Osborne

Grades K-4; Genre - Historical Fiction with Fantastical Elements; GRL M; AR pts: 1.0

Jack and Annie learn how polar bears live in the snow and even get saved by a mama polar bear as they find their last riddle to becoming Master Librarians.

Comprehension Questions

Chapter 1

  1. What was sitting outside Jack’s window? A white snowy owl   p. 1
  2. Why couldn’t Jack change out of his pajamas? The owl said to hurry   p. 3
  3. What were Jack and Annie trying to become? Master Librarians   p. 7

Chapter 2

  1. Where did Morgan send Jack and Annie to solve the last riddle?The Arctic p. 8
  2. What did Jack and Annie hear coming toward the tree house? Wolves   p. 15
  3. Who had come to meet them? A seal hunter   p. 16

Chapter 3

  1. What did the seal hunter give them? Coat, pants, boots, mittens   p. 19
  2. What does the seal hunter use to travel in the snow? Dogsled   p. 21
  3. What could Annie do with animals? Talk to them and understand them   p. 23

Chapter 4

  1. What is an igloo? A snow house   p. 26
  2. Name two things the seal hunter uses from the seal.  Clothing, food, tools   p. 28
  3. What two animals are honored in the seal hunter’s ceremonies? Seal and polar bear   p. 29
  4. Why do they honor the polar bear? It has taught his people how to live in the ice and snow p. 30

Chapter 5

  1. Where did the polar bear cubs lead Jack and Annie? Onto some ice   p. 37
  2. What did the children hear underneath them? Ice cracking   p. 39
  3. What did they see above them on the snow bank? The polar bear mother  p. 40

Chapter 6

  1. How did the polar bear move on the ice? She lay on her front side and pushed herself with her claws   p. 42
  2. What did Jack and Annie put on to try to protect them from the polar bear? Masks  p. 43
  3. What did Jack and Annie do to get off the ice? Copied the polar bear   p. 46

Chapter 7

  1. What did Jack and Annie do to thank the polar bear for helping them get off the ice? Honored her by bowing and dancing  p. 48
  2. What did the polar bear do back to them? Bowed her head   p. 49
  3. What did the sky lights look like? Swirl of red, green purple lights   p. 49

Chapter 8

  1. Who came looking for Jack and Annie? The seal hunter  p. 53
  2. What was the answer to the riddle? Mask   p. 55
  3. Why didn’t the seal hunter tell Jack and Annie the answer to the riddle? They needed to learn it for themselves   p. 55

Chapter 9

  1. Where did the seal hunter take Jack and Annie? To the tree house   p. 57
  2. What did Jack and Annie find next to the other four scrolls? A fifth scroll   p. 61
  3. What was the answer to the riddle on the fifth scroll? Home   p. 64

Chapter 10

  1. When Jack and Annie got back to Frog Creek, who was waiting for them? Morgan le Fay  p. 66
  2. What did she give them? Their Master Librarian cards   p. 67
  3. What were they supposed to do with them? Take them on future journeys   p. 67