Junie B., First Grader: Dumb Bunny
by Barbara Park
Grades 1-5; Genre- Fiction; GRL N; AR pts. 1.0
Comprehension Questions
Chapter 1
- What name does Junie B. call May? dumb bunny
p.1 - What does Mr. Scary want May to do when she
wants to tattle tale? Count to 20, count to 20 again, go home for the day
then come back and cover her mouth p.5 - Why did Mr. Scary take Lucille out of the
room? To talk to her about calling everyone in the class dumb clucks p.13
Chapter 2
- What’s Lucille’s dad going to hide? A golden
egg with the grand prize p.19 - What’s the grand prize from the egg hunt going
to be? Swimming with Lucille in her indoor pool p.19 - Why is Sheldon playing with Lucille? To
get on her good side so she tells him where the egg is hidden p.24 - What does May frequently compare herself to? Birds
p.25
Chapter 3
- Why did Junie B. choose her lavender overalls to
the party? She can fit a lot of eggs in her pockets, they’re pretty, and she
can run and tackle people in them p.29 - How did Lucille’s nanna react when she realized
who Junie B. was? She got nervous p.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? Because
May compared herself to one p.38
Chapter 4
- Why couldn’t Lucille tell Sheldon where the
golden egg was hidden? Her dad hid it and didn’t tell her p.42 - What was Sheldon lucky charm? Some egg that
spilled on his shirt p.43 - What did Junie B. and her friends do to
annoy Lucille’s dad? Kept repeating what he said while shouting p.48
Chapter 5
- What did Lucille’s parents and nanna do to
decide who would sit next to Junie B.? a coin toss p.54 - Why isn’t the Easter bunny going to be at the
party? Lucille’s nanna paid him in advanced and he didn’t come back p.57 - Describe the jellybean game Junie B. played at
the party? 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 p.62
Chapter 6
- What did Junie B. receive as her prize for
getting the purple jellybean? A bunny suit p.69 - Why did she get a bunny suit? She was to be
the party’s Easter bunny p.69 - What did Lucille tell Junie B. that helped her
want to dress up in the bunny suit? 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 p.72
Chapter 7
- What happened to Junie B. when she ran in the
bunny suit? She tripped and fell p.76 - Define what scolding means? To be angry
and get after someone p.83 - Tell me two of the rules for the egg hunt. No
running, no pushing, pulling or grabbing; no trampling the flowers and plants;
do not go anywhere that is roped off; no tripping p.83
Chapter 8
- What did Lucille’s nanna threaten the
children with to make them follow the rules? She was going to call the
police p.91 - How did Junie B. try to help Sheldon in this
chapter? She told him to stop shouting when he sees an egg and covered his
mouth to try to stop him p.96 - Why did Junie B. feel like a rotten egg at the
end of the chapter? She couldn’t move very well in the bunny suit to get any
eggs during the hunt p.99
Chapter 9
- Why did Sheldon decide to quit the egg hunt? Because
May was taking every egg he had found p.100 - Why was Lucille upset at Sheldon for quitting
the hunt? Because she wanted him to find the golden egg p.105 - How did Sheldon get the golden egg? 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 p.112
Chapter 10
- How does Junie B. feel after giving the egg
to Sheldon? Happy because his face made her smile inside and sad because she
wanted to swim in Lucille’s pool p.116 - Why doesn’t Junie B. want to call May a dumb
bunny anymore? Because she realizes that bunnies aren’t dumb p.117 - What’s Junie B.’s new name for May? Bird girl p.118