POLAR EXPRESS Comprehension Quiz

Who is narrating or telling the story?

• the boy

• Santa

• the conductor

• an elf

Where is the Polar Express going?

• to Antarctica

• to the South Pole

• to North America

• to the North Pole

When does the story mostly take place?

• New Year's Eve

• Christmas Eve

• Thanksgiving

• Christmas Day

Which word has the same beginning sound as train?

• toys

• towns

• tracks

• thunder

What did the boy ask Santa for?

• a bell

• a toy train

• a reindeer

• a video game

What was the problem in the story?

• The boy wanted to go home.

• The boy lost the bell from Santa.

• The boy didn't get the gift he wanted.

• The boy didn't like Christmas.

How did the boy feel when he got home with the bell?

• excited

• happy

• tired

• sad

Where did the boy find the bell?

• outside

• under his Christmas tree

• on the train

• in his bathrobe pocket

Which word means the opposite of faster?

• quicker

• louder

• hungrier

• slower

Which word has the same vowel sound as late?

• Santa

• robe

• train

• crawl