Comprehension Questions- Magic Tree House #3 Mummies in the Morning

Mummies in the Morning

by Mary Pope Osborne

Grades 2-5; Genre - Historical Fiction with Fantastical Elements; GRL M; AR pts: 1.0

Jack and Annie find themselves in the desert near a great pyramid.  They run into a ghost names Hutepi who has waited a thousand years to make her journey to the Next Life. 

Vocabulary

Writing Prompts

Comprehension Questions

Chapter 1

  1. Why did Jack think someone was watching him?  he felt it, maybe the person wanted their things back   p. 2
  2. Where will the setting take place for this story? Egypt
  3. Predict why a cat appeared in the window when Jack wished to go to Egypt?  Listen to your child's answer p. 6

Chapter 2

  1. Using the text as evidence, how did Jack and Annie know they were in Egypt?  pyramid, palm tree, people, cows  p. 10
  2. What was the procession for?  a royal person who died   p. 12
  3. What's a mirage? only happens in the desert, you think you see something, but it's not really there  p. 15

Chapter 3

  1. What were pyramids made for?  the house the royal people who died  p. 17
  2. What did Jack and Annie think ran past them in the pyramid?  white figure/ ghost  p. 20
  3. How would you have reacted if a ghost ran past you? Listen to your child's answer

Chapter 4

  1. What's a scepter?  a stick kings and queens carry  p. 22
  2. What else could the person who ran past them be?  a tomb robber   p. 23
  3. What was the beautiful Egyptian lady made of?  air   p. 25

Chapter 5

  1. Why hasn't Hutepi been able to journey to the next life yet?  her brother hid the Book of the Dead   p. 27
  2. What did her brother do to help her find the book?  left a message on the wall   p. 28
  3. What is similar and what the difference between hieroglyphs and a book. Similarity: they both always contain a message; difference: hieroglyphs are only pictures and books contain words and sometimes pictures p. 30

Chapter 6

  1. How did Jack and Annie help Hutepi know what the pictures were?  they drew them in the air, explained them to her or drew them big in the notebook   p. 31
  2. Tell me what the four pictures mean?  stairs, boat, jug, cloth   p. 36
  3. Where did the queen want Jack and Annie to follow her?  her burial chambers   p. 36

Chapter 7

  1. What did Jack and Annie find wrapped inside the folded cloth?  scroll   p. 39
  2. What was the scroll?  The Book of the Dead   p. 39
  3. Where did Annie want to leave the scroll?  in the glowing gold box   p. 43

Chapter 8

  1. Who was in the gold box?  Hutepi   p. 44
  2. How would you feel if you saw the mummy Annie saw? Listen to your child's answer  p. 44
  3. Where had Annie gotten lost when she ran away from the mummy?  false passage  p. 50
  4. Yikes! What would you have done? Listen to your child's answer

Chapter 9

  1. Why did Jack and Annie need to get out of the pyramid quickly when the door shut on them?  they were going to run out of air  p. 52
  2. How did Jack and Annie get out of the false passage and pyramid?  cat   p. 56
  3. Do you think it was a mirage or the ghost queen on her way to the Next Life? Listen to your child's answer  p. 58

Chapter 10

  1. Why was it significant that Jack and Annie cleaned up the tree house?  they found the letter M   p. 62
  2. What is a theme found throughout this story? Courage and helping others; learning through discovery; Cooperation and teamwork
  3. What did you like about this book? Listen to your child's answer