Retrieval Questions: 1. What does Douglas call his beloved teddy bear? 2. Name two of the contents of Douglas’ hamster cage. 3. What does Douglas do after he and his hamster, Alan, arrive in the year 2014? 4. Which character does Douglas meet in the year 1714? 5. How does Douglas travel back to the year 2014?

Inference Questions: 6. What would be the consequences if Douglas had not met Alan in time to go back the year 2014? 7. What kind of relationship does Douglas have with his father? 8. How is Lady Jennifer portrayed when Douglas first meets her?

Prediction Questions: 9. What do you think will happen when Lady Jennifer finds out that a time machine is involved in the events in 1874? 10. How do you think Douglas will be able to get back to his own time?

Summarizing Questions: 11. In your own words, summarize Douglas’ journey in Chapter 1. 12. In your own words, summarize what Douglas and Alan do in the year 1714. 13. In your own words, summarize the events in the picnic scene from Chapter 3. 14. In your own words, describe how Douglas feels when his father comes to visit the castle. 15. In your own words, summarize how Douglas manages to return to his own time.