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 name does Junie B. call May?
Page 1 — dumb bunny
1
What does Mr. Scary want May to do when she wants to tattle tale?
Page 5 — Count to 20, count to 20 again, go home for the day then come back and cover her mouth
5
Why did Mr. Scary take Lucille out of the room?
Page 13 — To talk to her about calling everyone in the class dumb clucks
13
Chapter 2
Comprehension questions
What’s Lucille’s dad going to hide?
Page 19 — A golden egg with the grand prize
19
What’s the grand prize from the egg hunt going to be?
Page 19 — Swimming with Lucille in her indoor pool
19
Why is Sheldon playing with Lucille?
Page 24 — To get on her good side so she tells him where the egg is hidden
24
What does May frequently compare herself to?
Page 25 — Birds
25
Chapter 3
Comprehension questions
Why did Junie B. choose her lavender overalls to the party?
Page 29 — She can fit a lot of eggs in her pockets, they’re pretty, and she can run and tackle people in them
29
How did Lucille’s nanna react when she realized who Junie B. was?
Page 35 — She got nervous
35
Why did Junie B. think she was so funny to think up the possibility that May was carried away by a North American barn owl?
Page 38 — Because May compared herself to one
38
Chapter 4
Comprehension questions
Why couldn’t Lucille tell Sheldon where the golden egg was hidden?
Page 42 — Her dad hid it and didn’t tell her
42
What was Sheldon lucky charm?
Page 43 — Some egg that spilled on his shirt
43
What did Junie B. and her friends do to annoy Lucille’s dad?
Page 48 — Kept repeating what he said while shouting
48
Chapter 5
Comprehension questions
What did Lucille’s parents and nanna do to decide who would sit next to Junie B.?
Page 54 — a coin toss
54
Why isn’t the Easter bunny going to be at the party?
Page 57 — Lucille’s nanna paid him in advanced and he didn’t come back
57
Describe the jellybean game Junie B. played at the party?
Page 62 — There was a jar of jellybeans with only one purple jellybean. Everyone got to pick a jellybean out without looking and whoever got the purple one got a prize
62
Chapter 6
Comprehension questions
What did Junie B. receive as her prize for getting the purple jellybean?
Page 69 — A bunny suit
69
Why did she get a bunny suit?
Page 69 — She was to be the party’s Easter bunny
69
What did Lucille tell Junie B. that helped her want to dress up in the bunny suit?
Page 72 — That there was a seat for her to sit on in the garden and the photographer would take pictures of her with the other children
72
Chapter 7
Comprehension questions
What happened to Junie B. when she ran in the bunny suit?
Page 76 — She tripped and fell
76
Define what scolding means?
Page 83 — To be angry and get after someone
83
Tell me two of the rules for the egg hunt.
Page 83 — No running, no pushing, pulling or grabbing; no trampling the flowers and plants; do not go anywhere that is roped off; no tripping
83
Chapter 8
Comprehension questions
What did Lucille’s nanna threaten the children with to make them follow the rules?
Page 91 — She was going to call the police
91
How did Junie B. try to help Sheldon in this chapter?
Page 96 — She told him to stop shouting when he sees an egg and covered his mouth to try to stop him
96
Why did Junie B. feel like a rotten egg at the end of the chapter?
Page 99 — She couldn’t move very well in the bunny suit to get any eggs during the hunt
99
Chapter 9
Comprehension questions
Why did Sheldon decide to quit the egg hunt?
Page 100 — Because May was taking every egg he had found
100
Why was Lucille upset at Sheldon for quitting the hunt?
Page 105 — Because she wanted him to find the golden egg
105
How did Sheldon get the golden egg?
Page 112 — Junie B. tripped and saw it, she shouted it out, then Sheldon, May, and Junie B. pounced on it. Junie B. had her paw on it, but she got mad at May and moved her paw, so Sheldon’s hand was on it instead
112
Chapter 10
Comprehension questions
How does Junie B. feel after giving the egg to Sheldon?
Page 116 — Happy because his face made her smile inside and sad because she wanted to swim in Lucille’s pool
116
Why doesn’t Junie B. want to call May a dumb bunny anymore?
Page 117 — Because she realizes that bunnies aren’t dumb
117
What’s Junie B.’s new name for May?
Page 118 — Bird girl
118
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