Comprehension Questions- Horrid Henry and the Mega-Mean Time Machine

Horrid Henry and the Mega-Mean Time Machine

By Francesca Simon

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

Horrid Henry hates going on walks and figures how to turn his family’s hike into a mess.   He also tricks Perfect Peter into thinking his washing machine box is a real time machine.  In the third story Peter gets fed up with Horrid Henry’s horridness and tries to get revenge. In the last story Aunt Ruby takes Henry’s family out to a fancy French restaurant for Henry’s mom’s birthday.

Comprehension Questions

Story 1

  1. Why didn’t Henry want to go for a walk?  He wanted to watch a tv show, he didn’t like being outside   p. 4
  2. Where did Henry’s family go to for their walk?  The country   p. 4
  3. Why did Henry change his attitude and run to the lake?  He realized the faster they got to the lake the faster they’d get home   p. 14
  4. Why did Henry’s mom jump into the lake?  To save her babies   p. 18

Story 2

  1. What did Horrid Henry use as a time machine?  A washing machine box   p. 25
  2. What did Perfect Peter want to turn the box into?  A house    p. 24
  3. How did Henry trick Peter?  Henry dressed up, called himself Zog, talked to him like he was his great, great, great uncle, Peter Museum    p. 25
  4. Who helped Peter realize he was being tricked?  Their mom   p. 37

Story 3

  1. Why did Peter want to get revenge on Henry?  Henry was always tricking him and humiliating him   p. 41
  2. What did Peter do to get revenge?  Write notes to girls from Henry   p. 47
  3. Why did Henry write lots of notes to Miss Battle-Axe from different people?  he wasn’t sure who wrote the notes from him to Margaret and Susan     p. 60
  4. How did Perfect Peter feel when Henry realized he wrote the notes?  The revenge wasn’t sweet    p. 65

Story 4

  1. Why was Henry’s family going to a fancy French restaurant?  His mom’s birthday    p. 68
  2. How much did Henry’s dad agree to pay him if Henry went to the restaurant and ate his food with a good attitude?  $2    p. 71
  3. What did Steve trick Henry into ordering?  Escargot/ snails   p. 82
  4. Who was the only one who liked the food they ordered?  Henry    p. 86