What is Mr. Keene?

• father

• janitor

• principal

• cop

Who is the other MAIN character besides Mr. Keene?

• Beans

• Tillie

• all the children

• Frank

1. Why does Mr. Keene want to have more days of school?

• He loves the school.

• He is a mean principal.

• He thinks the students are not learning.

• He thinks the teachers are not doing a good job of teaching.

What does Tillie do on the weekends before Mr. Keene asks the students to come to school on Saturdays and Sundays?

• Tillie is bored.

• Tillie goes to the grocery store.

• Tillie goes to visit Mr. Keene at the School.

• Tillie climbs a tree and walks her dog.

3. Why don’t the teachers and students tell Mr. Keene that they do not want school in the summer?

• They don’t want to hurt Mr. Keene’s feelings.

• They like the idea of having school every day.

• Mr. Keene is mean.

• Tillie tells them not to say anything to Mr. Keene.

Why does Tillie go to Mr. Keene’s office?

• Tillie is not learning anything at school.

• Tillie wants her brother to come to school, too.

• Tillie wants to tell Mr. Keene that days off are important, too.

Look at the picture that shows Mr. Keene walking up and down the hall. How is Mr. Keene MOST LIKELY feeling?

• He is surprised that the students are working so hard.

• He is happy that the students are such good learners.

• He is sorry that he made the students come to school so much.

• He is angry that the students do not want to go to school in the summer.

Why are the teachers and students worried when Mr. Keene calls them all together after his meeting with Tillie?

• They do not like Mr. Keene.

• They like to go to school in the summer.

• They like to go to school on the weekends.

• They are afraid he will add even more school.

Why is Beans unable to learn how to jump over a creek?

• Beans is too old.

• Beans hates water.

• Tillie is too busy to teach him.

• Beans has to go to school, too.

Why did the illustrator MOST LIKELY draw a picture of Beans leaning against a tree while knitting?

• to show tricks dogs can learn

• to show that dogs do homework

• to make you want to learn how to knit

• to make you laugh at a silly idea in the story