Ghost Town at Sundown Comprehension Questions & Reading Journal
Ghost Town at Sundown has 10 chapters · Grades 1–2 · 78 pages
Book 10 of the Magic Tree House series
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Inside the journal: 10 chapter pages, one question each · 3 example answers · a cover for your reader’s name
Chapter by chapter Each question is about its own chapter.
The new riddle is about a ‘lonely voice.’ Write it down and make a guess before you read on.See all 10 questions ↓
About the book
In this tenth title in the Magic Tree House series, Jack and Annie are headed to Rattlesnake Flats, 1895. They come face-to-face with a ghost, some rustlers, and a misplaced cowboy, all in the search to answer Morgan's latest riddle.
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Ghost Town at Sundown questions by chapter
We know this book well. Every question asks about something that happens in its chapter, a moment, a choice or a character, without giving away what comes next. One question per chapter, across all 10 chapters, and every one is editable before you print. The example answers under 3 of the chapters are the ones printed at the front of the booklet.
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Chapter 1
The new riddle is about a ‘lonely voice.’ Write it down and make a guess before you read on.
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Chapter 2
Jack and Annie arrive in a Wild West town, but no one is there. What does ‘ghost town’ mean? What clues show it is empty?
Example answer: A ghost town is a town where everyone moved away and left the buildings behind. The clues are the dusty street, the empty buildings and the quiet. Jack reads in his book that people left when the gold ran out.
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Chapter 3
Something spooky happens in the old town. What is it, and what do you think caused it?
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Chapter 4
Jack and Annie hear riders coming. Who arrives, and why do the kids hide?
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Chapter 5
Jack and Annie meet a cowboy named Slim. What is he like? Why does he help them?
Example answer: Slim is tall and quiet and a little grumpy at first, but he is kind. He helps Jack and Annie because they are kids on their own in a dangerous place. He also needs help getting his horses back.
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Chapter 6
Slim’s wild horses, the mustangs, are in danger. What is the plan, and what part do Jack and Annie play?
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Chapter 7
Annie has a special way with one of the horses. What does she do, and how does the horse react?
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Chapter 8
Jack and Annie have to face the horse thieves. How do they and Slim outsmart them?
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Chapter 9
The answer to the riddle is found in a special place. What is the answer, and how does the place give it away?
Example answer: The answer is an echo. In the canyon, when Annie calls out, her voice comes back to her out of the blue sky. The riddle said a lonely voice calls out to you, and an echo is a voice with nobody there.
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Chapter 10
What did Jack and Annie learn from Slim? What did you learn about life in the Old West?
Discussion questions for after Ghost Town at Sundown
Bigger questions for when the book is finished, each printed on its own ruled page at the end of the booklet.
- Slim says a lot with just a few words. What is one thing he taught Jack and Annie without a speech? How do you learn best, by being told or by watching?
- The Old West had wild horses, gold towns and wide-open spaces. Would you have liked living then? What would you miss from today?
Next in Magic Tree House
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Book 11
Lions at Lunchtime
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Book 12
Polar Bears Past Bedtime
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Book 13
Vacation Under the Volcano
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Book 14
Day of the Dragon King
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Book 15
Viking Ships at Sunrise
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Book 19
Tigers at Twilight
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How to use this Ghost Town at Sundown reading journal
At home, as a discussion guide
After each chapter your reader writes a few lines on that chapter’s question. Read the answer together at bedtime: it shows what they understood and gives you something real to talk about, without a quiz.
In class, as a novel study
Print a class set (booklets fold from plain letter paper) and use one question per chapter as the reading-response or literature-circle prompt. The example answers at the front show what a full answer looks like.
Homeschool
One booklet covers the whole book, 10 chapters, so it doubles as the reading log for Ghost Town at Sundown. Reword any question before printing to match your reader.
Printing
The booklet PDF prints on ordinary 8.5 × 11 paper: print double-sided (flip on the short edge) at 100%, fold the stack in half and staple on the fold. There is also a one-page-per-sheet PDF and A5 binder pages.
Where the questions come from
Each question is about its own chapter. We know this book well. Every question asks about something that happens in its chapter, a moment, a choice or a character, without giving away what comes next. The questions were drafted with AI from what is known about the book and checked before publishing; every one is editable before you print.
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