Book Swap Questions...PDF

Please type the name of the book and author as the title. 
Here are some examples of questions

During Reading

1.  What do you think will happen next?

2.  What does the main character want?

3.  Where does the story take place? Give an example of how the author uses setting.

4.  Do you think ____ (the name of a character) made good or bad choices? Give an example.

5.  How does this story make you feel? Happy, calm, angry, sad... Why?

6.  What does this story make you think about? How?

After Reading

7. Is this book similar to another book you have read? What is similar?

8.  What do you think happened after the story ended?

9.  What character in the book is most like you? Why?

10.  Do you think all of the characters liked the way the story ended?

11.  If you could choose one character from the story to be your friend, who would you choose and why?

12.  Pretend that I have not read the story. Tell me what happened.

13.  If you were in the story, what would you have done differently?

14. What lesson did the main character learn?

15. Compare and contrast two characters from the story.

16. Would this book be a good movie? Why?

17. How does the main character change from the beginning of the story to the end?

18. If you were going to give the book a different title, what would it be?

19. Who is the most important character in the story?

20. What was your favourite part of the story? Why was that your favourite?

21. Why is the title of the book ____ (insert the name of the book)?

1. What do you predict will happen next in your book? Why? 

2. What character do you like least? Why? 

3. What character do you like the most? Why? 

4. The part of the book/chapter that surprised me was when... 

5. Is there a problem in the story? What is it? How was it solved? 

6. The setting of this story is ___________. I know this because _____________. 

7. Who is the main character? Describe him/her using at least three adjectives. 

8. What advice would you give a particular character? Why? 

9. The lesson I learned from the story was.... 

10. In what ways are you like any of the characters in the book? Explain. 

11. If you had been the main character in the story, would you have acted
differently? Why or why not? 

12. If you could trade places with one of the characters, who would it be and why? 

13. How do you feel about this story? Would you recommend it to someone else?
Why or why not? 14. What was the best part of the story? Why? 

15. Summarize the chapter that you read. What were the most important events?
Did you learn anything new about the characters? 

16. If you were the author, what would you change in the story? Why would you
make that change? 

17. Is what you read believable? Why or why not? 

18. Pretend you are interviewing the main character of the story. What two
questions would you ask them? 

19. What do you think will happen next in the story/What do you think will
happen in the next chapter? Or what do you think would happen if the author
wrote a sequel to the book? 

20. What do you remember most from the story?