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Jack and Annie find a magic tree house that takes them to the place and time of the dinosaurs. They encounter different kinds of dinosaurs including a Tyrannosaurus rex and find a gold medallion with the letter M engraved on it.
Read one section at a time, then discuss the questions to review understanding. These questions are a starting place for conversation, not a complete test of the chapter.
Chapter 1
Comprehension questions
Compare Jack and Annie. What differences do they have?
Page 1 — Jack likes real stuff and Annie likes to pretend
1
Describe the tree house.
Page 3 — High up in the tree; has a rope ladder to climb up to it; has books inside of it
3
Why was Jack excited about books being in the tree house?
Page 5 — he loves books
5
Chapter 2
Comprehension questions
What did the Pennsylvania book have a picture of?
Page 8 — Frog Creek and the woods Jack and Annie were in
8
What book did Jack find a Pteranodon in?
Page 8 — dinosaur book
8
What appeared out the window of the tree house when Jack wished he could see a Pteranodon?
Page 9 — a real live Pteranodon
9
What happened to the tree house after Jack said these words?
Page 12 — the wind began to blow and it spun faster and faster
12
Chapter 3
Comprehension questions
How did Jack find out where they had landed?
Page 15 — read it in the book
15
Why was it so hard for Jack to believe they had landed in a time 65 million years ago?
Page 17 — it's impossible, doesn't seem real
17
Did Annie have a hard time believing it?
Page 17 — no
17
How would you have reacted if you traveled back to this time?
Listen to your child's answer
Chapter 4
Comprehension questions
How did the Pteranodon feel when the children touched him?
Page 19 — soft, like a dog
19
Why did Jack take notes like a scientist?
Page 19 — first people to ever see a Pteranodon, he liked to do research
19
Why did Annie talk to Henry?
Page 22 — she thought he understood her
22
Chapter 5
Comprehension questions
What finally convinced Jack that they were in a time long ago?
Page 25 — seeing the dinosaur
25
What kind of dinosaur did they see?
Page 25 — Triceratops
25
What did the Triceratops do when Annie fell in front of the dinosaur?
Page 29 — looked at her calmly then ran away
29
What did Jack find in the grass?
Page 32 — a gold medallion with the letter M on it
32
Chapter 6
Comprehension questions
How did the Antosaurus respond when Annie went up to a nest of babies?
Page 36 — honked at her and waved her arms
36
How did Annie get away from the dinosaur?
Page 37 — crawled, crouched and pretended to chew
37
Why was that Antosaurus the only mama with all of the babies?
Page 39 — the other moms were hunting for food
39
Why did the Antosaurus stop eating flowers and run to the babies?
Page 42 — T-rex was coming
42
Chapter 7
Comprehension questions
Where did Jack and Annie run to hide from the T-rex?
Page 43 — tree house
43
What did Jack leave on the hill and want to go back and get?
Page 45 — his backpack and the dinosaur book
45
Why do you think the Antosaurus' all came back to their nests?
Page 45 — fear of the t-rex, honking from the Antosaurus that scared Annie,
45
What was blocking Jack when he tried to get back to the tree house?
Page 46 — T-rex
46
Chapter 8
Comprehension questions
What did Jack decide to do when he realized he couldn't outrun the T-rex?
Page 49 — waited for it to leave
49
What did Annie do to help her brother?
Page 52 — tell the Pteranodon to come get him
52
What did the T-rex do when he heard Jack yell at Annie?
Page 52 — came after Jack
52
Chapter 9
Comprehension questions
How did the Pteranodon save Jack?
Page 55 — flew him away from the T-rex
55
What was Jack feeling as he rode on the Pteranodon's back?
Page 56 — it was a miracle, laughed, happy, whooped
56
Why did Jack need to hurry up to the tree house when he landed?
Page 58 — the T-rex was running for him
58
Why did Jack need to find the Pennsylvania book?
Page 60 — it would get them out of there and take them to Frog Creek
60
Chapter 10
Comprehension questions
Who was calling for Jack and Annie when they got home?
Page 61 — their mom
61
How much time had passed in the real world from the time Jack and Annie left on their adventure to the time they got back?
Page 61 — none
61
Why didn't the children think they could tell anyone about the tree house or their adventure?
Page 67 — no one would believe them
67
What is a theme for this story?
there is power in books; the importance of cooperation and knowledge
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