Chapters 1, 2 and 3 Questions:

Retrieval Questions: 1. Who is Al’s grandmother? 2. What sport do both Al and Gwendolyn play? 3. What is the name of Al’s hamster? 4. Where does Al’s Grandmother live?

Inference Questions: 5. What might be the significance of Al having a student railcard? 6. How do you think Gwendolyn and Al feel when they find out they can travel back in time? 7. What might explain Al’s feelings of fear when his grandmother disappears?

Prediction Questions: 8. How do you think Al and Gwendolyn’s time-travelling adventure will turn out? 9. What do you think will happen when Al starts travelling back in time? 10. How might what happens in the future affect the past?

Summarizing Questions: 11. In chapter one, what important information does Al learn about time-travelling? 12. In chapter two, what lesson does Al learn about timelines? 13. How does Al use the money he earns in chapter three? 14. What is the importance of the package and letter that Jessica gives Al in chapter three? 15. How do the events in the first three chapters of the book move the story forward?