Grade+6

Gaston

1. When was the last time the two saw each other? 2. What does boulevardier mean? 3. What is a kilo? 4. What is a dweller? 5. What is a knob-head? 6. What is a chauffeur? 7. What did she mean by “he was all ugh” (p7)? 8. What type of name is Gaston? 9. What is flawed mean (p2)? 10. Why is the bug named Gaston? 11. What does it mean to have a “cavity in a peach”? 12. What are the people’s names? 13. Why did they just shake hands at the end? 14. Why does Gaston live in a peach? 15. Why didn’t the girl go with her dad to get a peach? 16. Why did she squash the bug? 17. Why don’t we know the name of the kid with the birthday party? 18. Why didn’t the girl eat the new peach her father had bought? 19. Why didn’t the father squash the bug? 20. Why did the girl go to New York? 21. Why did the girl change her mind when she was asked if her dad was crazy? 22. Why did the father let the girl go? 23. What does “businesslike” mean (p2)? 24. Why did the author say “if you could call it a home” (p1)? 25. What does “He was very old, especially for a young man” mean? 26. Why did he give the best peach to the girl? 27. What does “pure design and handsome form” mean (p3)? 28. Why did she want a peach with people in it? 29. Why is Gaston confused (p3)? 30. Is the mom rich? 31. How is a bug handsome? 32. How did the bug have a porch and bed in the seed? 33. Why did he buy the peaches to begin with?