Retrieval Questions 1. Who is Al in the book Time Travelling with a Hamster? 2. What grade is Al going into? 3. What memory game did Al’s dad invent? 4. What illness did Al’s grandfather suffer from?

Inference Questions 5. How did Al feel when he realized he would be spending the summer alone? 6. What type of relationship did Al and Mr. Peterson have? 7. How has Al’s mother changed since her husband’s death? 8. What does the author imply the hamster represents to Al?

Prediction Questions 9. What events will occur when Al first time travels? 10. How will Mr. Peterson’s disappearance affect Al? 11. What challenges does Al have to face during his time travels? 12. What will happen when Al finally finds his grandfather?

Summarizing Questions 13. Summarize the plot development of chapters 1, 2 and 3. 14. What themes are introduced in the first three chapters? 15. How does the introduction of time travelling add to the story?