What Happened
At the beginning of the story, Katie's friends complained that she lost the game. What did she do?
She took her eyes off of the ball and dropped it.
What did Katie's favorite jeans look like?
They had pink and blue flowers embroidered all over them.
Katie's mom says, "Rise and Shine, Katie!" What does that mean?
It means to get out of bed.
When the boy's were in the locker room, what made George scream and drop his sneaker?
Katie, the hamster, jumped out of it.
What word means, "to look quickly" at someone or something?
Glance
Katie, Suzanne, and Jeremy ran to the jungle gym. But something happened to Katie. What was it?
She ran into a big muddy puddle and got mud on her jeans.
What did George not care about when Mrs. Derkman scolded the class and then him?
He didn't care about her sending a note home to his mother to be signed.
When Katie was inside the hamster cage, she used many chew sticks for something. The story says that she climbed onto the first "rung." What is a rung?
It is any of the cross bars of a ladder.
Katie started to do a cartwheel. What happened?
She landed on her rear end!
What does the word "pretty" mean when used in the following phrases?
pretty cool, pretty hungry, pretty strange, pretty yummy
Very
When George started calling Katie Mud Monster, what couldn't she help wishing about?
She wished that someone else would do something embarrassing so George would tease them instead of her.
What made Katie, the hamster's eyes grow wide after she escaped the classroom?
She was in the boys' locker room.
It means that there is quiet. No sound.
Katie gets George back by saying, "No, I just like hanging out with other people's dogs. Of course he's my dog!" What does George do?
He smiles and says, "Good one."
What does the phrase, "current events" mean?
It means something that has happened in the news.
When the class was doing math problems on the board, what happened when it was Zoe's turn to go up and George teased her?
Zoe blushed.
What was the thing that Katie's mom said that was funny to us and to Katie after her morning as a hamster?
You just weren't yourself this morning.
If you "keep something to yourself," it means:
a) don't give anything to your friends.
b) share only with your good friends.
c) don't tell any of your friends.
c) don't tell any of your friends.
She pretends to not know he is lying.
What does the word, "scowl" mean?
It means to make a face with a scrunched up nose, usually because you don't like something.
What made George give Katie the nickname, Katie Kazoo?
Katie let out a let out a super loud burp.
What is the idiom that we talked about when Katie, the hamster was running on the hamster wheel?
The squeaky wheel gets the oil.
What does George mean when he says, "It figures a rat would want to help a hamster. You're both in the same family?"
Rats and hamsters are both small hairy mammals.
When George goes over the Katie's house, what do they do?
They spent all afternoon looking at joke books.
What does the word "bare" mean?
It means that there is nothing in or on something else.