Comprehension Questions for 'A Monster Calls'

Vocabulary: Skipping (p. 15) Grasp (p. 15) Fortnightly (p. 16) Groggily (p. 16) Strain (p. 16) Guts (p. 17) Yew tree (p. 18) Graveyard (p. 18) Billow (p. 19) Peer (p. 20) Frightened (p. 21)

1. How often does Conor’s father call him on the telephone? (p.15) not very often/ once every 14th day

2. How old is Conor? (p. 17) 13 years

3. On this page, what is a synonym for the word ‘wild’? (p. 18) untamed

4. What are some words used to describe the yew tree? (pp. 18 – 20) great, center of the graveyard, anciet

5. In what surprising way does Conor react to the monster? (pp. 21 – 23) And why does he not react as the monster wanted? (p. 22 he doesn’t react because it wasn’t the terrible monster from the earlier nightmares, he had seen something worse

Breakfast chapter 2

Vocabulary: Startle (p. 24) Rubbish (p. 26) Wheelie bin (p. 27) Load (p. 27) Scalp (p. 28) To manage to do (p. 30) Wig (p. 30)

1. Why did Conor have to make his own breakfast? (p. 25) How often does he have to do this? Because hes mom was asleep, he does hes own breakfast as hes mom said on p16