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Horrid Henry and Perfect Peter go to war in the first story of this book. Then Henry gets a craving in the middle of night and sneaks into Margaret's secret tent and steals her cookies, he writes his autobiography and in the last story Henry gets to go to a concert.
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.
Story 1
Comprehension questions
How many sheep are in Peter’s sheep collection?
Page 1 — 10
1
Why were Perfect Peter and Horrid Henry at war with one another?
Page 13 — Henry kept doing things to Peter’s room
13
What did their mom say was the consequence if she found out one of the boys had been into the other boy’s room?
Page 10 — No computer for a week
10
Why couldn’t Peter tell his mom that Henry had been into his room?
Page 22 — Peter had gone into Henry’s room
22
Story 2
Comprehension questions
Why did Horrid Henry go out at night into Margaret’s Secret Club tent?
Page 29 — To steal her cookies
29
Where did Horrid Henry hide when the girls came out to sleep in the tent?
Page 31 — In the chest with the dress up clothes
31
Why did the girls climb on top of the chest Henry was in?
Page 40 — they saw a mouse
40
Why did the girls get scared when Margaret was telling a zombie story?
Page 45 — They heard creepy sounds
45
Story 3
Comprehension questions
What’s an autobiography?
Page 57 — When you write the story of your life
57
Where would the autobiographies be published?
Page 58 — In the newspaper
58
Why did Horrid Henry swap out Margaret’s autobiography and replace it with one he wrote?
Page 68 — He felt like it told lies about him
68
What did Margaret do to Henry’s autobiography?
Page 74 — Wrote one for him and traded it with the one he wrote
74
Story 4
Comprehension questions
Where did Henry’s mom get tickets to?
Page 80 — Daffy and her Dancing Daisies show
80
What concert did Henry want to go to?
Page 80 — Killer Boy Rats
80
What did the kids at school tell Henry when he tried to trade his Daisy ticket for a Rats ticket?
Page 88 — No
88
Why did Henry go on stage during the Daisy concert?
Page 92 — His ticket was chosen
92
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