Comprehension Questions – The Boxcar Children #128 The Zombie Project

The Zombie Project

by Gertrude Chandler Warner

Grades 4-6; Genre - Fiction; GRL P; AR pts: 2.0

Grandfather drops off the Alden children at a lodge outside of Greenfield.  The children get spooked by the old zombie legend when they see strange things and even what looks like a zombie.

Comprehension Questions

Chapter 1

  1. Where did Grandfather drop off the Alden children?  at a lodge in the woods    p. 3
  2. Why did Maude's great grandfather make up the zombie story? to get people to stay at the lodge   p. 11
  3. What did Benny see and hear in the night?  a light and owl   p. 12

Chapter 2

  1. What kind of work did the children do for Maude?  clearing a trail   p. 15
  2. Why could Benny have nightmares about Zombies?  they're scary, dead, walk around, they eat people    p. 21
  3. When is Jake going to finish telling the zombie story? around the campfire p. 26

Chapter 3

  1. What is the fishing lodge used for? shelter for fishermen in a bad storm   p. 30
  2. Who's turn is it to catch dinner?  the Alden children   p. 32
  3. Why was that fishing spot, Jake's lucky fishing spot? it's the first place the zombie was seen  p.34

Chapter 4

  1. What did Benny see behind the cabin? a man with torn clothes walking   p. 40
  2. How many fish did the Aldens catch?   five   p. 43
  3. Who did Benny overhear planning something? Caleb, Jake and Abby, the teens p. 45

Chapter 5

  1. Why does Maude like to eat outdoors? tastes better, guests like it   p. 48
  2. How does Maude feel about the zombie? didn't want anyone to talk about it or look for it   p. 59
  3. When Jake was telling the zombie story, what did everyone hear in the woods?   loud crack   p. 59

Chapter 6

  1. What evidence did the children find on the trail?  three wooden stakes   p. 70
  2. Who came out and took pictures of the ground when the Alden's were cleaning up the trail?  the reporter, Madison   p. 78
  3. Did the children tell Madison anything about the zombie?  no   p. 80

Chapter 7

  1. Whose turn was it to catch dinner?  Madison, the reporter's   p. 81
  2. What did Henry realize the wooden stakes were?  golf tees   p. 85
  3. What did Benny find?  three golf tees just like Henry's   p. 93

Chapter 8

  1. Do the children really think there's a zombie?  no    p. 95
  2. What are Jake and his friends making?  a movie    p. 100
  3. So what do the children think the teens are doing in the woods at night?  making a movie    p. 100

Chapter 9

  1. What did Henry want to do with the zombie?  capture it   p. 103
  2. What sound did the children wait for before they went out? owl hooting  p. 105
  3. What did the children find out in the woods?  the teens making their movie, but a different zombie    p. 108

Chapter 10

  1. Who was at the old fishing lodge?   Matthew Donovan   p. 112
  2. Who was pretending to be the zombie?  Matthew Donovan   p. 114
  3. Why did the teens make The Zombie Project?  to advertise about the lodge  p. 116