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

Monday

Thursday

Saturday
2 Why is Jack telling Jo a bedtime in the middle of the afternoon?
She is feeling sick and so she is going to bed early

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

It is her Saturday nap
3 Which of the following is NOT a staple of Jack's bedtime stories?
A description of what the Creature family has for supper

A cranky old wizard

A wise old owl

A tricky fox
4 How many years has Jack been telling Jo bedtime stories?
Three years

Four years

Two years

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

Three

Two

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

Bobby

Roger

Jack Jr.
7 How many times has Jack told the story of Roger Skunk?
He's told the same story every day for two years.

This is the third time.

Too many times to count.

This is the first time.
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 gets all As at school

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

Only when she's sick
9 Why does Jack think that Jo chooses "skunk" as the creature for this story?
They watched a movie about skunks that week

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

He thinks they must talk about skunks in nursery school

They recently ran over a skunk on the way to the community pool
10 How do Jack's stories usually end?
Mommy Creature intervenes and assures Roger that he is perfect the way he is

Roger Creature fixes the problem with a lot of self-reflection

Wizard fixes the problem with magic

Owl fixes the problem with sage advice
11 What is Claire doing while Jack is telling the story?
Painting the living room

Fixing a broken leg of their dining room table

Building a shed

Painting the nursery
12 How does Updike indicate that Jo is growing?
All of her clothes are growing too short and too tight

The notches on the wall that mark her height are growing further and further apart every month

Her feet reach halfway down the double bed

Her feet dangle off of her tiny bed
13 Which of the following does Jo NOT try to verify the truth of?
Magic spells

Spiders eating bugs

Mickey Mouse

God
14 What does Jack accidentally call Roger Skunk?
Roger Chipmunk

Roger Dog

Roger Fish

Roger Squirrel
15 When does Daddy Creature return?
When Roger runs away to Wizard

When Roger is being bullied at school

At the end of the story

When Mommy Skunk is pregnant
16 Where does Daddy Creature work?
From the tiptop of a tree in the deep woods

Sacramento

New York City

Boston
17 Why does Jo want Wizard to hit Mommy Skunk?
Because she forces Roger to smell like a skunk again

Because she doesn't let Roger play with his friends

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

Because Mommy is anti-magic
18 What color are Jack and Claire painting the living-room?
Gray

Ivory

Yellow

Tan
19 What is Claire wearing when Jack descends the stairs?
A face mask to protect from the paint fumes

One of his old shirts

A pair of his swim trunks

A pair of his old cords
20 What does Roger Skunk choose to smell like?
Citrus

Firewood

Pine

Roses

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