"The Chocolate Touch" Chapters 4-6

1. What bad habit did John have? HINT: Look back at the beginning of Chapter 4. pulling his hair when he was thinking hard biting his fingernails when he was thinking hard chewing things when he was thinking hard sucking his thumb when he was thinking hard 2. What is going through John's mind as he walks to school? HINT: Look back at the beginning of Chapter 4. p. 45-46 if all of his homework got finished about his science test why all of his breakfast tasted like chocolate that he wished he had eaten less for breakfast 3. What description does the author give on how John's gloves tasted to Spider Wilson in Chapter 4? HINT: Looking at the illustrations will help you find where the answer might be in the chapter. leather that tasted like grass, dirt, leaves, and sand leather with which a boy had made mud pies and snowballs and patted old dogs brand new leather chocolate 4. Why was Susan excited to see John in Chapter 4? HINT: This event happened AFTER John encountered Spider Wilson. She wanted him to play with her. She wanted John to bite her coin. She wanted John to come to her birthday party. She wanted to show John her new birthday present. 5. What happened to Susan’s coin when John bit it? HINT: Look at the end of Chapter 4. Part of the coin turned to chocolate and melted in John’s mouth. Nothing happened to it. John proved it was real silver. John swallowed the entire coin. The entire coin turned into chocolate. 6. How do you think that the students feel about Miss. Plimsole? HINT: Look back at the beginning of Chapter 5. Look at how the students reacted to Miss Plimsole. EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER IN COMPLETE SENTENCES. 7. What happened when John tried to get a drink of water from the water fountain in Chapter 5? HINT: Look at the first few pages of Chapter 5 to find the answer. Nothing happened. The water fountain was broken and he remained thirsty. The cold water turned into cold chocolate water. Miss Plimsole told him no because they were taking a test. 8. Why was Miss Plimsole unhappy with John during his math test in Chapter 5? HINT: Look at the last couple of pages of Chapter 5. He was cheating on his math test. He got into a fight. He was talking out during a math test. He fell asleep in class. 9. A few times in Chapters 4-6, John mentions that he was getting thirsty.From this information, you can predict that.... John will most likely start getting tired of the chocolate taste. John wants everything to taste like chocolate forever. John is satisfied that everything is tasting like chocolate. John isn't going to eat anything anymore in fear it might taste like chocolate. 10. In Chapter 6, what does Miss Plimsole think is going on with John? EXPLAIN how you know. HINT: Look at the first 2 pages of Chapter 6 and what Miss Plimsole says to John as he explains what happened to his pencil.