Horrid Henry and the Soccer Fiend  

By Francesca Simon

Grades 3-5; Genre - Fiction; GRL M; AR pts: 1.0

In this collection of Horrid Henry stories, Horrid Henry finds Peter's journal and helps him fix it before Peter's supposed to read it in an assembly at school.  Henry also has a chance to win soccer tickets, he gets to go clothes shopping with his mom and a new student comes to school and Henry gets put in charge of him. 

Comprehension Questions

Story 1

1. When was Peter going to read out loud from his diary?  In school during an assembly  p. 2
2. Where did Horrid Henry finally find Peter’s diary?  In the bookcase   p. 9
3. How did Henry feel when Peter hadn’t even mentioned him in his diary?  outraged/Insulted   p. 11
4. What did Miss Lovely do when Peter read what was in his journal during the assembly?  She stopped him and had another student read from theirs   p. 19

Story 2

1. How would Miss Battle-Axe choose who will win the tickets to the soccer game?  Whoever is the best player during the students' game at lunchtime   p. 28
2. Who’s the best player in the class?  Moody Margaret   p. 30
3. Who did Miss Battle-Axe give the tickets to?  The referee/ herself   p. 50
4. Why didn’t she give them to a student?  They’d all been bad sports and cheated   p. 49

Story 3

1. Why did Henry need to go shopping?  His clothes didn’t fit him anymore   p. 53
2. Why didn’t Henry want to wear his cousin Steve’s clothes?  He couldn’t stand Steve    p. 58
3. What kind of pants were the green and pink pants?  Girls pants   p. 71
4. What did Henry’s mom end up buying for him?  the loud root a toot shoes   p. 73

Story 4

1. Who’s the new boy in Horrid Henry’s class?  Bossy Bill    p. 79
2. Who was in charge of looking after Bill at school?  Henry   p. 80
3. Why was Bill missing school?  he had a sore throat   p. 95
4. Why did Bill’s parents take him out of Henry’s school?  they didn’t like the homework he got   p. 100
5. Who made up the homework?  Horrid Henry   p. 98