IMPORTANT: Comprehension questions will be in chronological order as you read through the story. Page numbers are approximate, and will vary with different editions of the book.
Section 1
- What does Homer’s mother do?
pg. 10 - What does Homer’s father do?
pg. 10 - What is Homer’s hobby?
pg. 10 - How does Homer get his pet skunk, Aroma?
pg. 11 - How does Homer find the robbers?
pg. 17 - Why doesn’t Homer tell about the robbers?
pg. 24 - Why do the robbers all sleep in the same bed?
pg. 24 - How does Homer prevent the robbers from running away?
pg. 36 - What always happens in a Super-Duper story?
pg. 35 - Why does the Super-Duper always save the pretty girl and catch the villain on the last page of the comic?
pg. 38 - How do Louis, Freddy, and Homer get to town to see the movie?
pg. 43 - What does the Super-Duper say that shocks the boys?
pg. 45 - Why does the Super-Duper crash his car?
pg. 46
Section 2
- Why is the Ladies’ Club having a meeting?
pg. 50 - What does Uncle Ulysses have a weakness for?
pg. 50-51 - Before leaving to talk to the sheriff, what does Uncle Ulysses ask Homer to do?
pg. 51 - What does Uncle Ulysses need to talk to the sheriff about?
pg. 51 - What is Mr. Gabby’s job?
pg. 53 - What does Homer say as he is pouring the doughnut batter into the machine?
pg. 56 - What happens when Homer tries to turn off the machine?
pg. 57-58 - What is Mr. Gabby’s idea to help get rid of the doughnuts?
pg. 62 - Why does the lady with the chauffeur come back to the shop?
pg. 64 - What is Homer’s idea for how to get rid of all the doughnuts?
pg. 66-67 - What does Uncle Ulysses mainly worry about the whole time?
pg. 66
Section 3
- What does Homer ask the sheriff for?
pg. 72 - What does the smell of burning leaves always remind Homer of?
pg. 72 - What is the main difference between Uncle Telemachus’ ball of string and the sheriffs?
pg. 76 - What does the sheriff challenge Uncle Telly to?
pg. 77 - What was not mentioned in the rules for the contest that were printed in the paper?
pg. 79 - How does Miss Terwilliger win the contest?
pg. 88 - What makes everyone in the barber shop stop what they are doing and stare?
pg. 98 - What does the sheriff ask Homer to do?
pg. 102 - How can the sheriff tell what kind of a person someone is?
pg. 103 - What had Mr. Murphy spent all his time doing?
pg. 107 - Why had Mr. Murphy’s jelly beans been disappearing?
pg. 111-112 - After catching all of the mice, what does Mr. Murphy have to do with the money he earns?
pg. 121
Section 4
- Why can’t Homer go fishing with Freddy?
pg. 126 - What two things does Uncle Ulysses appreciate about Naomi Enders?
pg. 127 - How does Miss Enders want to show her appreciation for the people of Centerberg?
pg. 128 - What do autos, ships, airplanes, refrigerators, and doughnuts have in common?
pg. 129 - How does Miss Enders respond differently from others in the past to Uncle Ulysses’ ideas?
pg. 130 - What were the only three things on the Enders’ land before the new houses were built?
pg. 134 - What two simple things needed to be done in order to move into one of the new houses?
pg. 136 - Why can’t the new street signs be attached to the corner street lamps?
pg. 137 - How do people find their houses without any street signs?
pg. 140 - What is the only thing Miss Enders is unhappy about when the houses are completed?
pg. 141 - How were Ezekiel Enders and his brave little band saved from starvation one hundred and fifty years ago?
pg. 143