Comprehension Questions- The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids #16 Dracula Doesn’t Drink Lemonade

 Dracula Doesn’t Drink Lemonade

By Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones

Grades 2-4; Genre - Fantasy; GRL M; AR pts: 1.0

Bailey School Kids are nervous when the new school counselor seems very similar to Count Dracula.  He even lives in the basement of Mrs. Jeepers home with the long wooden box, but Mr. Drake drinks lemonade instead of blood.

Comprehension Questions

Chapter 1

  1. What did the kids try to do when they Ben and Huey fighting?  Stop them   p. 2
  2. What did the man look like that Ben fell into?  Tall, pale, brittle as bones, wearing black clothing, cowboy boots, crooked pointy teeth   p. 4
  3. When the sun came out, where did the stranger go to stand?  In the shadows  p. 7

Chapter 2

  1. What person has the same accent as the strange man?  Mrs. Jeepers   p. 8
  2. What’s the strange man’s name?  Mr. Drake   p. 10
  3. What’s a guidance counselor?  Someone in the school to help solve the student’s problems  p. 12
  4. What did Mr. Drake’s hand feel like when she shook it?  Cold as an icicle/cold enough to be dead  p. 13

Chapter 3

  1. When does Mr. Drake like to eat?  Midnight    p. 16
  2. What kind of drink does Mr. Drake like?  pink lemonade   p. 17

Chapter 4

  1. When Eddie and Howie went to see Mr. Drake after school, his office was dark.  What did it remind the boys of?  A dungeon  p. 23
  2. What was Mr. Drake’s reason for leaving the lights off?  The bright lights hurt his eyes   p. 24
  3. What did Mr. Drake want to see Howie and Eddie about?  The fight that morning   p. 25

Chapter 5

  1. What did Howie think Mr. Drake was?  Count Dracula   p. 30
  2. Who’s Count Dracula?  A vampire  

Chapter 6

  1. Where did Mr. Drake walk to keep out of the sun on his way home from school?  the shadows   p. 32
  2. Where did the kids follow Mr. Drake home after school?  Mrs. Jeepers house  p. 34
  3. What’s in Mrs. Jeepers’ basement?  A coffin/ wooden box the size of a person   p. 34

Chapter 7

  1. Why was Howie so concerned Mr. Drake was Count Dracula?  He’s the mightiest vampire of them all   p. 37
  2. Why was Howie not sleeping?  Trying to figure out a plan to save Bailey City/ didn’t want to get bitten by Count Dracula   p. 38
  3. How did Huey react when he came back from talking with Mr. Drake?  Upset, sniffling, pale, ate lunch alone   p. 43

Chapter 8

  1. How could Howie prove Mr. Drake was Count Dracula with a mirror?  Vampires don’t have reflections  p. 45
  2. What did Mr. Drake do when Howie pulled out the mirror?  Ran away  p. 47
  3. What made Howie’s friends finally realize Mr. Drake was Count Dracula?  He walked past a glass panel by the back door   p. 49

Chapter 9

  1. Why did Howie keep a scarf tight about his neck?  So he wouldn’t get bit by Mr. Drake  p. 51
  2. How did Huey’s mother look when the kids went to visit Huey?  Like Huey/ pale, dead  p. 52
  3. Who do they think bit Huey’s mother?  Huey   p. 54

Chapter 10

  1. Why did Howie bring a bag of garlic potato chips?  Vampires can’t stand garlic  p. 56
  2. What did Howie do to the bag of chips so Mr. Drake wouldn’t notice them?  Crushed them   p. 58
  3. Where did Howie want to put the garlic potato chips?  In Mr. Drake’s office   p. 58

Chapter 11

  1. Who did Mr. Drake enter the school with the morning Howie had the potato chips?  Ben  p. 62
  2. Why did the kids want to find Mr. Drake and Ben?  To save Ben and put the potato chips on Mr. Drake   p. 65

Chapter 12

  1. How did Mr. Drake change Ben?  Made him nice   p. 68
  2. Why was Mr. Drake leaving Bailey City?  He has too many allergies   p. 70
  3. How was Mr. Drake going home?  Flying   p. 70