Sunset of the Sabertooth Comprehension Questions & Reading Journal
Sunset of the Sabertooth has 10 chapters · Grades 1–2 · 74 pages
Book 7 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
Written for this book Questions about this story, good after any chapter.
Jack and Annie are dressed for swimming when they land in the Ice Age. What problem does that cause, and how do they solve it?See all 10 questions ↓
About the book
The magic tree house transports Jack and Annie on a mission to the Ice Age where they encounter Cro-Magnons, cave bears, sabertooth tigers, and woolly mammoths.
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Sunset of the Sabertooth questions by chapter
We know the book, its characters, setting and story, but not what happens in each chapter. So every question is written for this book, and any of them works wherever your reader has just stopped. 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
Jack and Annie are dressed for swimming when they land in the Ice Age. What problem does that cause, and how do they solve it?
Example answer: They are freezing because they are only wearing swimsuits and it is snowing. They have to find something warm to wear fast. They look for shelter and find a way to cover up with furs.
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Chapter 2
What does Jack learn about the Ice Age from his book? Write two facts.
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Chapter 3
Jack and Annie find signs that people live here. What clues do they find?
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Chapter 4
The Cro-Magnon people lived a very long time ago. How is their life different from yours? How is it the same?
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Chapter 5
There is a dangerous animal in this story. What is it, and how do Jack and Annie try to stay safe?
Example answer: The dangerous animal is a sabertooth tiger with huge teeth. Jack and Annie try to stay away from it and keep quiet. Jack reads in his book that it hunted big animals, so he knows they need to get away.
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Chapter 6
Annie is quick to trust animals. How does that help or cause trouble in this story so far?
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Chapter 7
People long ago made paintings on cave walls. Why do you think they did that? What would you paint?
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Chapter 8
What is the coldest, scariest or most surprising moment so far? How did Jack and Annie feel?
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Chapter 9
The third special thing for Morgan is hidden in the Ice Age. What do you think it could be? Why would it be here?
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Chapter 10
Jack and Annie meet people who are kind to strangers. Why is it important to help someone who is far from home?
Example answer: It is important because a person far from home does not know where to go or how to stay safe. The Cro-Magnon people help Jack and Annie even though they have never seen kids like them. I would want someone to help me if I was lost.
Discussion questions for after Sunset of the Sabertooth
Bigger questions for when the book is finished, each printed on its own ruled page at the end of the booklet.
- The Ice Age was a hard place to live. What did people back then have to be good at that we don’t think about today?
- Jack and Annie keep going even when they are cold and scared. What keeps them going? What keeps you going when something is hard?
Next in Magic Tree House
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Book 8
Midnight on the Moon
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Book 9
Dolphins at Daybreak
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Book 10
Ghost Town at Sundown
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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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How to use this Sunset of the Sabertooth 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 Sunset of the Sabertooth. 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
Questions about this story, good after any chapter. We know the book, its characters, setting and story, but not what happens in each chapter. So every question is written for this book, and any of them works wherever your reader has just stopped. 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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