Name:_____________________________________

Date:_______________________________________

Terrific by John Agee

1) What do you think this book will be about?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2) Look at the first picture. What do you think this man is reading?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Does he look happy? Why/why not?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3) Circle Bermuda on the map below:

look up expense in your dictionary . what does it mean?

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What do you think “all-expense-paid cruise” means? ______________________________________________________

4) Is Eugene happy? Why/ why not?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5) Look at the picture. What happened?! Make up a short story (2-3 sentences) for this picture:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6) What happened? Did you predict what happened correctly?

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7) Predict: What will happen? Why are they showing a picture of a bird?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

8)Do you think Eugene is a happy person? Why/why not?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

9) Pomegranates are a fruit. People eat them and drink their juice.

Eugene says “Terrific, I hate pomegranates.” Why would he say that? Why are they terrific if he hates them?

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10)Why do you think the parrot knows so much about boats?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________11) How do you think Eugene feels?Does he look happy? Would you be happy to build a boat by yourself?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

12) What will happen next? Make your prediction.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

13) What do you think? Can Lenny talk? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

14) What do you think Eugene will do next?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

15) Where do you think Lenny went? Remember he said he can’t fly because he has a hurt wing.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

16) How does Eugene change? What was he like at the beginning of the story? What was he like at the end of the story? Why do you think he changed?

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