Retrieval Questions

1. Who is the protagonist of the story?

2. What did the science teacher do to impress the students?

3. Where was the main character when he discovered his time travelling abilities?

4. What did Al Walcott have to do in order to build the Time Stick machine?

5. What year did Al Walcott say he sent the hamster back in time?

6. What did the protagonist’s father do for a living?

Inference Questions

1. How do you think Al Walcott managed to build the time machine despite his age?

2. Why do you think the protagonist decided to go back in time with the hamster?

3. Based on the character’s behaviour, what does the author want us to believe about the main character?

Prediction Questions

1. Do you think the protagonist will be able to retrieve the hamster from the past?

2. What do you think will happen when the protagonist finds the hamster from the past?

3. Where do you think the protagonist’s journey in time will take him?

Summarising Questions

1. In three sentences or less, what has happened in the first chapter?

2. In three sentences or less, summarise chapters 2 and 3.

3. In one sentence, what is the moral of the story?