Should Wizard Hit Mommy? Quizzes

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

Thursday

Monday

Sunday

Saturday
2 Why is Jack telling Jo a bedtime in the middle of the afternoon?

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

It is her Saturday nap

She is feeling sick and so she is going to bed early

She talked back to her mom and has to go to bed early
3 Which of the following is NOT a staple of Jack's bedtime stories?

A cranky old wizard

A description of what the Creature family has for supper

A wise old owl

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

Four years

Two years

One year

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

Three

One

Four

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

Jack Jr.

Bobby

John John

Roger
7 How many times has Jack told the story of Roger Skunk?

This is the third time.

Too many times to count.

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 been a good girl for a full week straight

When she's sick or when she's taking a nap

Only when she's sick

When she gets all As at school
9 Why does Jack think that Jo chooses "skunk" as the creature for this story?

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

He thinks they must talk about skunks in nursery school

They watched a movie about skunks that week

They recently ran over a skunk on the way to the community pool
10 How do Jack's stories usually end?

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

Roger Creature fixes the problem with a lot of self-reflection
11 What is Claire doing while Jack is telling the story?

Painting the living room

Painting the nursery

Fixing a broken leg of their dining room table

Building a shed
12 How does Updike indicate that Jo is growing?

Her feet reach halfway down the double bed

Her feet dangle off of her tiny bed

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
13 Which of the following does Jo NOT try to verify the truth of?

Mickey Mouse

Magic spells

God

Spiders eating bugs
14 What does Jack accidentally call Roger Skunk?

Roger Squirrel

Roger Chipmunk

Roger Fish

Roger Dog
15 When does Daddy Creature return?

When Roger runs away to Wizard

When Mommy Skunk is pregnant

At the end of the story

When Roger is being bullied at school
16 Where does Daddy Creature work?

New York City

From the tiptop of a tree in the deep woods

Boston

Sacramento
17 Why does Jo want Wizard to hit Mommy Skunk?

Because she doesn't let Roger play with his friends

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

Because she forces Roger to smell like a skunk again

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

Ivory

Yellow

Tan

Gray
19 What is Claire wearing when Jack descends the stairs?

A pair of his old cords

A face mask to protect from the paint fumes

One of his old shirts

A pair of his swim trunks
20 What does Roger Skunk choose to smell like?

Firewood

Roses

Pine

Citrus

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