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Remember when it was scary to go to school? 'Cause it was your first day and you didn't know anything. Meet Junie B. Jones, kindergartner. She's so scared of the school bus and the meanies on it that when it's time to go home, she doesn't.
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
Why did Junie B.’s mom take her to visit the school?
Page 1 — To meet her teacher; show her the classroom
1
Explain what Junie B.’s mom told her about the bus.
Page 7 — She said it was yellow; called a school bus; stops at the end of their street; get on it, sit down, and takes her to school; then her teacher will meet her in the parking lot
7
Chapter 2
Comprehension questions
What did Junie B. feel like when she was worried?
Page 10 — She didn’t sleep well; droopy; stomach queasy; she couldn’t eat her cereal
10
What helped Junie B. get on the bus?
Page 12 — Her mom showed Junie B. that she should sit next to a girl on the bus and that it’ll be fun
12
Chapter 3
Comprehension questions
Why didn’t the curly haired girl let Junie B. sit next to her?
Page 13 — She was saving that seat for her friend
13
What was Junie B.’s temperature on the bus and why couldn’t she change it?
Page 16 — Very hot and she couldn’t roll down the windows
16
What made the bus experience worse as Junie B. tried to get off?
Page 19 — People pushed her; made her fall down in the aisle; stepped on her skirt
19
Chapter 4
Comprehension questions
What color chair did Junie B. want to sit in?
Page 22 — red
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What’s the name of the girl with red fingernails?
Page 25 — Lucille
25
Name three places Junie B.’s class visited? Make sure to list them in the order they visited them.
Page 26 — Library; cafeteria; nurse’s office
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Chapter 5
Comprehension questions
What happened to Lucille’s brother last year when he visited the principal?
Page 30 — The principal yelled at him and told him he couldn’t beat kids up at recess anymore
30
What did Lucille bring up that made Junie B.’s stomach squeezy?
Page 34 — She talked about the bus ride home
34
Why didn’t Junie B. follow her teacher as she led them to the bus?
Page 35 — She didn’t want to ride the bus home
35
Chapter 6
Comprehension questions
Where did Junie B. hide?
Page 37 — In the supply closet
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When Junie B. woke from her nap, what did she find?
Page 40 — The cars and bus were gone out of the parking lot
40
What did Junie B. pretend to be at the end of this chapter?
Page 42 — The teacher
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Chapter 7
Comprehension questions
What did Junie B. compare the media center to?
Page 45 — A fort
45
Why did Junie B. like the pencil sharpener?
Page 47 — It made pencils teeny
47
Who do you think the man was that was singing “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”?
Page 48 — the custodian
48
Chapter 8
Comprehension questions
When Junie B. was in the nurse’s office, what did she do?
Page 50 — Pretend to be the nurse; put band-aids all over her; she played with the crutches
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Why did Junie B. feel like the nurse’s office was a dangerous place?
Page 55 — She fell off the crutches and banged her head on the desk
55
Chapter 9
Comprehension questions
Why were the doors locked in the school?
Page 58 — Because no one was there
58
Who did Junie B. call to get help since she couldn’t open the door to go to the bathroom?
Page 59 — 911
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How did the man with the can help Junie B.?
Page 62 — unlocked the doors so she could use the restroom
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Chapter 10
Comprehension questions
Why did Junie B.’s mom hug her really tight?
Page 64 — Junie B. didn’t come home on the bus and she was concerned about her
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What helped Junie B. want to ride the bus the next day?
Page 68 — A girl named Grace that’s in Junie B. class
68
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