Retrieval Questions

1. What is the main character’s name in Time Traveling with a Hamster?

2. What grade is the main character in?

3. Who is the main character staying with while his mother is away?

4. What type of pet does the main character get to take home?

Inference Questions

1. From the first three chapters, what does the main character seem to do when he feels scared or anxious?

2. Based on the descriptions of the time machine, can the reader infer that it was built using a lot of old junk?

Prediction Questions

1. What do you think will happen next when the main character accidentally travels into the future?

2. How do you think the main character will make his way back to the present day?

Summarizing Questions

1. In your own words, summarize the events of chapter 1.

2. In your own words, summarize what happened in chapter 2.

3. In your own words, summarize what occurred in chapter 3.