Ivy + Bean No News Is Good News Reading Comprehension Questions

1.What do Ivy and Bean want to buy at the grocery store for ten dollars?

2.What is the name of the newspaper Ivy and Bean create?

3.What happens when the neighbors read the newspaper?

4.Why did Ivy and Bean write about Mrs. Trantz's weeds and Nancy's diary?

5.Why did Bean's dad buy the cheese for the girls at the end of the story?

6.Why didn't Ivy and Bean like the Belldeloon cheese when they finally ate it?

7.What is the main lesson Ivy and Bean learn about writing a newspaper?

8.What does the ending with the cheese teach the girls?

9.How do the neighbors' feelings change from when they buy the newspaper to when they read it?

10.What does the word 'snoop' mean in the story?

11.What is a 'chronicle'?

12.What does it mean to 'apologize'?

13.If you were starting a neighborhood newspaper, what kind of good news would you include instead of secrets?

14.Have you ever wanted something really badly, like the Belldeloon cheese, but then found out you didn't like it? How did you feel?