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1 On which day of the week does this story take place?
Thursday

Saturday

Monday

Sunday
2 Why is Jack telling Jo a bedtime in the middle of the afternoon?
It is her Saturday nap

She's gotten in trouble at school and has to go to bed early

She talked back to her mom and has to go to bed early

She is feeling sick and so she is going to bed early
3 Which of the following is NOT a staple of Jack's bedtime stories?
A tricky fox

A description of what the Creature family has for supper

A cranky old wizard

A wise old owl
4 How many years has Jack been telling Jo bedtime stories?
One year

Four years

Three years

Two years
5 How many children do Jack and Claire have together?
One

Four

Three

Two
6 What is Jo's brother's name?
John John

Roger

Jack Jr.

Bobby
7 How many times has Jack told the story of Roger Skunk?
Too many times to count.

This is the third time.

This is the first time.

He's told the same story every day for two years.
8 When is Jo allowed to sleep in her parent's double bed?
When she's sick or when she's taking a nap

When she's been a good girl for a full week straight

When she gets all As at school

Only when she's sick
9 Why does Jack think that Jo chooses "skunk" as the creature for this story?
He thinks they must talk about skunks in nursery school

They have had a family of skunks living in their back yard

They recently ran over a skunk on the way to the community pool

They watched a movie about skunks that week
10 How do Jack's stories usually end?
Roger Creature fixes the problem with a lot of self-reflection

Owl fixes the problem with sage advice

Mommy Creature intervenes and assures Roger that he is perfect the way he is

Wizard fixes the problem with magic
11 What is Claire doing while Jack is telling the story?
Painting the nursery

Painting the living room

Fixing a broken leg of their dining room table

Building a shed
12 How does Updike indicate that Jo is growing?
All of her clothes are growing too short and too tight

Her feet reach halfway down the double bed

Her feet dangle off of her tiny bed

The notches on the wall that mark her height are growing further and further apart every month
13 Which of the following does Jo NOT try to verify the truth of?
Spiders eating bugs

Magic spells

God

Mickey Mouse
14 What does Jack accidentally call Roger Skunk?
Roger Dog

Roger Squirrel

Roger Chipmunk

Roger Fish
15 When does Daddy Creature return?
At the end of the story

When Mommy Skunk is pregnant

When Roger is being bullied at school

When Roger runs away to Wizard
16 Where does Daddy Creature work?
New York City

Boston

From the tiptop of a tree in the deep woods

Sacramento
17 Why does Jo want Wizard to hit Mommy Skunk?
Because Mommy is anti-magic

Because she forces Roger to smell like a skunk again

Because she doesn't want Roger to go to school anymore

Because she doesn't let Roger play with his friends
18 What color are Jack and Claire painting the living-room?
Yellow

Gray

Ivory

Tan
19 What is Claire wearing when Jack descends the stairs?
One of his old shirts

A pair of his swim trunks

A pair of his old cords

A face mask to protect from the paint fumes
20 What does Roger Skunk choose to smell like?
Pine

Citrus

Firewood

Roses

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