Junie B. Jones Has a Peep in Her Pocket

by Barbara Park

Grades 2-5; Genre - Fiction; GRL M; AR pts: 1.0

It's almost the end of the year, and Room Nine is taking a field trip to a farm! The whole class is very excited...except Junie B. Jones. 'Cause farms have scary ponies, that's why. And scary roosters, too. Will Junie B. find anything good at this place? Or will this turn out to be the "worstest" field trip ever?

Comprehension Questions

Chapter 1

1. Why did Junie B. want the classroom number
   she was going to be in the next year? So her mom would know where to take her
   p.3
2. Why did Junie B. feel sickish when
   her teacher told her she was going to be in first grade? She didn’t want to
   be with the other first graders since they’re bullies to her p.4
3. Where were the children going on an
   end-of-the-year field trip? To a farm p.7

Chapter 2

1. Why doesn’t Junie B. like farms? They’re
   dangerous because of the ponies p.10
2. Why did Junie B.’s dad go to his room
   for a time-out? He was laughing at Junie B. instead of helping Junie B.’s mom
   explain that ponies don’t hurt people 11
3. What was Junie B. more scared of than
   ponies? Roosters p.15

Chapter 3

1. What animal did Lucille draw and was
   that a farm animal? A flamingo; no p.21
2. What kind of farm was Paul hoping the
   class was going to? A catfish farm p.22
3. What did Junie B. draw? A tree fallen
   on top of a rooster p.24

Chapter 4

1. Why didn’t Junie B. want to buy
   clothes for the farm and learn how to use the camera her mom got her? She said
   she was going to get a fever the day of the field trip; she didn’t want to go
   on the field trip p.27
2. Why did Junie B. still have to go to
   school when she said she had a fever? Her mom took her temperature and it
   was fine p.29
3. According to Jim, why do farmers wear
   hats? To protect their heads from chickens pecking them and making them nubs
   p.34

Chapter 5

1. What was Junie B. hoping would happen
   when she hid behind her backpack? That Mrs. wouldn’t see her, and she’d get
   to stay on the bus during the field trip p.38
2. Who told Mrs. Junie B. was hiding on
   the bus? Jim p.40
3. Why did Junie B. get shivers on her
   arms when she saw Farmer Flores wearing a hat? She knew he must be wearing
   the hat to protect his head from the roosters on his farm p.43

Chapter 6

1. How did the farmer convince Junie B.
   to get off the bus? She became his helper and one of the jobs was to keep
   the other children in order p.45
2. List three animals Junie B. saw at
   the farm? Have your child list two of the following: Cows, sheep, horses,
   ponies, pigs and goats p.49
3. What did Junie B. throw away and why?
   Her camera since she was finished taking pictures and her mom said it was a
   throw away camera p.53

Chapter 7

1. Where did Junie B. wait while the
   other children went into the henhouse? Outside the fence p.58
2. What did Famer Flores give to Junie
   B.? a baby chick p.61
3. What was Spike going to become? A rooster
   p.63

Chapter 8

1. Why was Junie B. confused in this chapter?
   She liked Spike, but hated roosters and Spike was going to become a rooster
   p.64
2. What convinced Junie B. that she didn’t
   need to be scared of roosters anymore? Farmer Flores took off his hat and
   she saw that his head wasn’t a nub p.65