Below are links to questions for some middle-grade novels. These questions are meant to help teachers / parents discover if a reader has understood the material in the chapter. They are simple knowledge-based questions for each chapter. I have not included the answers: you should read the book with or before your student / child.

According to Humphrey, School Days by Betty G. Birney

According to Humphrey, The World by Betty G. Birney

Babe the Gallant Pig by Dick King-Smith

Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner

The Boxcar Children: Mystery of the Missing Painting by Gertrude Chandler Warner

Boy’s Best Friend by Kate Banks and Rupert Sheldrake

Clementine by Sara Pennypacker

Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

Henry Huggins by Beverly Cleary

I Survived: The Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 by Lauren Tarshis

I Survived: The Great Chicago Fire, 1871 by Lauren Tarshis

I Survived: The Children’s Blizzard, 1888 by Lauren Tarshis

I Survived: The Shark Attacks, 1916 by Lauren Tarshis

I Survived: The Great Molasses Flood, 1919 by Lauren Tarshis

I Survived: The Hindenburg Disaster, 1937 by Lauren Tarshis

I Survived: The Nazi Invasion, 1944 by Lauren Tarshis

I Survived: The Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 by Lauren Tarshis

I Survived: The Joplin Tornado, 2011 by Lauren Tarshis

I Survived: True Stories, Extreme Weather! by Lauren Tarshis

Ivy and Bean, Book 1 by Annie Barrows

Jeremy by Jan Karon

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren

Sarah Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan

Skylark by Patricia MacLachlan

Stories by Enid Blyton

The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum