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WorksheetsThe Penderwicks
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
What happened when the Penderwicks were on their way to Arundel?
Batty cried because they had forgotten to bring her stuffed bunny with the pink slippers.
It began to rain so hard that Mr. Penderwick had to pull the car over to the side of the road.
Their car got a flat tire.
They got lost.
When the Penderwicks arrived at |Arundel, Jane thought she saw something that Skye told her she imagined. What did Jane think she saw?
A boy in the window of the mansion
A pair of pixies in the woods
A huge owl sitting on the branch of a tree
A rabbit hopping around on the roof of Arundel Hall
What did Batty like to wear?
A dark mask over her eyes
Bunny ears
A pair of butterfly wings
A crown on her head
What did Cagney do with Skye when he heard Mrs. Tifton coming closer?
Cagney covered Skye loosely with a drop cloth that had a large tear in it.
Cagney put Skye in a large urn.
Cagney hid Skye behind a large rock.
Cagney lifted Skye up into the branches of a tree.
How did Batty get into the field with the barn and the bull in it?
Batty crawled through a gap at the bottom of the gate.
Batty climbed into a tree near the stone wall. Then Batty dropped out of the tree into the field.
The gate was unlatched, and Batty walked in through the gate.
Batty crawled over the stone wall.
What was Batty doing when the bull saw her in the field?
Batty was taking a nap.
Batty was picking daisies.
Batty was jumping rope.
Batty was playing hopscotch.
What did Jeffrey have in his room?
A trampoline
A shelf filled with trophies
A large aquariam filled with fish
A piano
What happened when Skye and Jane climbed out of Jeffrey's bedroom window into the branches of a nearby tree?
Skye fell out of the tree.
Cagney brought a ladder over so that Jane and Skye could climb down out of the tree.
Jane fell out of the tree.
Jeffrey's mother saw Jane and Skye in the tree and yelled at them climb down immediately.
What did Churchie tell Rosalind about Jeffrey's father?
Churchie told Rosalind that she didn't know Jeffrey's father's real name, and she didn't know where he was.
Churchie told Rosalind that Jeffrey's father was a very busy man and that he only visited Jeffrey about once each year.
Churchie told Rosalind that Jeffrey's father had died in a car accident when Jeffrey was just a baby.
Churchie told Rosalind that Jeffrey's father lived on a huge horse farm, and Jeffrey loved to visit him for a few weeks each summer.
What did the Penderwick sisters wear to Jeffrey's birthday dinner?
They wore dresses that they had found at the Salvation Army.
They wore their regular play clothes.
They wore dresses that they had brought with them to the cottage.
None of the above
What did Mrs. Tifton give to Jeffrey for his birthday?
A camera
A chemistry set
A set of golf clubs
A rabbit
What did Batty give to Jeffrey for his birthday?
A whistle
A brand new soccer ball
A picture she had drawn of a field full of flowers
A framed photograph of Hound
Which of the following is NOT one of the things that Jeffrey and the Penderwick sisters heard Mrs. Tifton and Dexter Dupree talking about on the veranda?
They heard Mrs. Tifton tell Dexter Dupree that she was concerned about the Penderwicks' influence on Jeffrey.
They heard Mrs. Tifton tell Dexter Dupree that she was not well.
They heard Dexter Dupree tell Mrs. Tifton that he wanted to marry her and take her on a fabulous honeymoon.
They heard Dexter Dupree tell Mrs. Tifton that Pencey Military Academy allowed boys to start as young as eleven.
What happened when Batty went by herself to Cagney's apartment?
Batty ran into Mrs. Tifton and Dexter Dupree.
Batty fell into a deep hole.
Batty was stung by a bee.
The sky grew very dark, and it began to rain.
What caused Rosalind to shriek in surprise?
A squirrel fell off the tree branch it was sitting on and nearly landed on the top of Rosalind's head.
Rosalind saw that Yaz was still alive.
Rosalind saw a big, black spider crawling across her arm.
Rosalind saw Batty climbing to the top of a very tall ladder.
Choose TWO things that happened when Batty was walking home to Cameron.
Batty fed clover to two horses standing behind a fence.
Batty saw a boy who was pulling a red wagon behind him as he walked into town.
Batty came to a shallow, trickling stream, and she waded righ in and sat down in the water.
Batty came to a haystack on a farm. Batty climbed to the top of the haystack, and she took a nap.
How did Jeffrey save Batty's life for a second time?
Batty ran out into the road, just as a car was coming in to view, and Jeffrey snatched Batty up.
When Batty was trapped inside a cabin that was filled with smoke, Jeffrey ran into the cabin and led Batty out.
When Batty fell out of the high branches of a tree, Jeffrey caught her in his arms.
Moments after Batty fell into the pond, Jeffrey jumped into the pond and pulled her out.
Jane sometimes became Mick Hart when she was doing what?
Cleaning her room
Playing soccer
Washing the dishes
Practicing the piano
What did Mick Hart say?
Mick Hart said, "Fe-Fi-Fo-Fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman."
Mick Hart said, "I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too."
Mick Hart said, "Yo ho ho! It's a pirate's life for me!"
Mick Hart said, "GOOSEBERRY LOUSE! SILLY GIT!"
What happened on the day of the Garden Club competition?
Mrs. Tifton woke up with a fever and a sore throat.
It rained all day, and the competition was cancelled.
Mrs. Tifton was bitten by a snake.
Skye, Jeffrey, and Jane knocked over an urn filled with pink jasmine.
What did Rosalind give to Cagney?
A comb
A butterfly net
A book of Civil War photographs
A tennis racket
What were Skye and Jeffrey doing when Mrs. Tifton came home unexpectedly?
Skye and Jeffrey were sitting on the roof of Arundel Hall.
Skye and Jeffrey were racing their frogs in the entry hall of Arundel Hall.
Skye and Jeffrey were rolling around on the floor.
Skye and Jeffrey were playing a game of Monopoly.
What did Batty ask Skye when she and Batty were going back to the cottage in the rain?
Batty asked Skye why Mrs. Tifton was always so mean and angry.
Batty asked Skye if she would teach her to play soccer.
Batty asked Skye if she had ever made a wish on a star.
Batty asked Skye if she was odd, if something was wrong with her.
What did Rosalind see when she left the cottage in the middle of the night?
Rosalind saw Jeffrey and Cagney digging a deep hole beside the hedge.
Rosalind saw Cagney kissing a girl with long red hair.
Rosalind saw a big black bear walking along the edge of the woods.
Rosalind saw Mrs. Tifton sitting alone on a bench in her garden.
Why did Cagney carry Rosalind home to her cottage?
Rosalind had tripped and twisted her ankle.
Rosalind had fallen into the lily pond and hit her head.
Rosalind had been hit in the hose with a softball.
Rosalind had fallen out of a tree.
Where did Jeffrey go with Mrs. Tifton and Dexter Dupree?
To Pencey Military Academy
To the police station
To the state fair
On a picnic and a boat ride
What happened when Jane showed Dexter Dupree her book?
Dexter Dupree told Jane that her book was funny.
Dexter Dupree told Jane that her book was lousy.
Dexter Dupree told Jane that her book was surprisingly well written.
Dexter Dupree told Jane that her book was good but that it needed to be a little longer.
What did Jane do after she showed her book to Dexter Dupree?
Jane wrote a new chapter for her book.
Jane threw her book into the pond.
Jane ripped up a lot of pages of her book.
Jane gave her book to Miss Baker, the librarian.
What did Mr. Penderwick tell Jane about Dexter Dupree?
Mr. Penderwick told Jane that Dexter Dupree was coming over for lunch.
Mr. Penderwick told Jane that Dexter Dupree published a magazine for cars.
Mr. Penderwick told Jane that Dexter Dupree owned a circus.
Mrs. Penderwick told Jane that Dexter Dupree was a very unhappy person.
Why did Jeffrey run away?
Jeffrey's mother wouldn't let Jeffrey get a dog.
Jeffrey thought his mother didn't love him anymore.
Jeffrey didn't want to go to Pencey.
Jeffrey's mother told Jeffrey that she would not allow Jeffrey to visit his father.
What did Jeffrey do the night that he ran away?
Jeffrey boarded a train by himself.
Jeffrey ran away from a policeman.
Jeffrey slept outside in his sleeping bag under the stars.
Jeffrey slept in Batty's bed, and Batty slept with Rosalind.
What did Batty see Dexter Dupree do?
Fill one of his shoes with stones
Hit Hound
Put on a fake mustache
Toss some trash into the lake
Choose TWO things that Cagney did before the Penderwicks left Arundel.
Cagney gave Rosalind a Fimbriata rose.
Cagney told Mrs. Tifton that he quit.
Cagney told Rosalind that things hadn't worked out with Kathleen.
Cagney taught Batty how to count to ten in Spanish.
What did Mrs. Tifton do at the end of the book?
Mrs. Tifton told Jeffrey that he never had to go to Pencey Academy.
Mrs. Tifton told Dexter Dupree that she never wanted to see him again.
Mrs. Tifton baked a pie for the Penderwicks.
None of the above
What did Batty do before leaving Arundel?
Batty built a sand castle for Jeffrey on the beach.
Batty freed her goldfish in the pond.
Batty wrote her name on the wall in the closet.
Batty gave Jeffrey her wings.
