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The Bailey School Kids are out for spring break and are looking forward to the Spring Festival. Brutus Bigg shows up to landscape the park and comes with a lot of rain. Eddie can't wait to hunt for Easter eggs and wonders what could be the grand prize inside the golden egg for this year, but the egg hunt is put off because of the rain.
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
What time of year is it?
Page 1 — Spring
1
What’s the golden egg?
Page 3 — An egg hidden at the annual Easter Egg Hunt with a certificate for a grand prize
3
Why did Eddie want to check out hiding places in the park?
Page 5 — So he would know where to look during the egg hunt to find the golden egg
5
Chapter 2
Comprehension questions
Describe Brutus to me.
Page 8 — big and tall, yellow teeth, big ears, only a few blond hairs, skin had a green tinge to it, wore a ring same color as his eyes and the clouds, landscaping the park, has a truck
8
How did Brutus seem to feel about the Spring Festival?
Page 11 — Unhappy
11
Chapter 3
Comprehension questions
Why were the kids hanging out at the library during their spring break?
Page 12 — It was raining
12
Who were they surprised to see at the library?
Page 13 — Brutus Bigg
13
What book did Mr. Bigg pick out to read?
Page 16 — One on pests
16
What book did Eddie find at the library?
Page 16 — Monsters and Other Giant Tales
16
Chapter 4
Comprehension questions
What did Eddie want to find out by spying at City Hall?
Page 18 — What would be in the golden egg for the hunt
18
What did Melody do that got the kids caught when they were spying in City Hall?
Page 21 — Sneeze
21
Chapter 5
Comprehension questions
How does Eddie know so much about Ogres?
Page 22 — From the library book on monsters he checked out
22
Why were Melody and Eddie fighting about the golden egg?
Page 25 — Melody thinks she can find it as easily as Eddie and Eddie thinks no one can beat him in finding the egg
25
Chapter 6
Comprehension questions
What did the kids do to find out if Melody or Eddie was the best seeker?
Page 26 — Hide eggs in the park and race to see who could find them first
26
What did Mr. Bigg do to the park?
Page 28 — Put piles of rocks at the entrances to the park, tore up the sidewalk, mud piles and ditches at the play areas
28
What team was looking for the green eggs?
Page 29 — Liza and Eddie
29
Who was looking for the yellow eggs?
Page 29 — Melody and Howie
29
Chapter 7
Comprehension questions
What was Mr. Bigg running from?
Page 32 — A cat
32
What’s the name of the story where a cat tricked an ogre into never changing shapes again?
Page 33 — Puss in Boots
33
Why do ogres change shapes?
Page 33 — To sneak into villages to steal from it
33
How did the cat trick the ogre in the story?
Page 35 — Dared the ogre to turn into a mouse and the cat scared him away
35
Chapter 8
Comprehension questions
What did Mr. Bigg do with the kids’ Easter eggs they had hidden them?
Page 39 — Gathered them and threw them away
39
Why do ogres like to be alone?
Page 41 — They don’t like people
41
How does Mr. Bigg make it rain?
Page 41 — Rubs his ring
41
Chapter 9
Comprehension questions
Why did Liza think becoming Mr. Bigg’s friend would help him like people?
Page 45 — he doesn’t trust anyone since a cat tricked him, they wanted to show him that having friends is nice and good
45
What story did Liza try to tell Mr. Bigg?
Page 48 — The princess and the pea
48
How did Mr. Bigg scare her when she told him that story?
Page 48 — There were real monsters under kid’s beds at night
48
Chapter 10
Comprehension questions
How did the friends scare away Mr. Biggs?
Page 53 — Had children come to park at night with their cats
53
Chapter 11
Comprehension questions
Who found the golden egg?
Page 59 — Liza
59
What did Liza win?
Page 61 — A trip for six to Water World
61
How was Liza going to share her prize with her friends?
Page 63 — Take them with her to Water World
63
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