Name:______________________ Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Reading Comprehension
(Pages 164-178)

DO NOT copy your answers from the book. Write them in your OWN words!

1. Why did Rowley end up doing the “Zoo-Wee Mama” comic strip without Greg?

2. Why did Greg almost have a heart attack?

3. Who is Bryan Little?

4. True or False, Greg’s last name is Heffley?

5. What reason did Greg give for not wanting to be Rowley’s partner in the comic strip
contest?

6. What is a “punch line”?

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Reading Comprehension
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7. Greg was “ticked off” that Chris Carney won first place in the anti-smoking contest,
why?

8. Which part of the comic strip did Greg like the most and want to concentrate on?

9. Why did Greg think that Bill Tritt had very little chance of winning the comic strip
contest?
A. Bill didn’t draw noses on his comic strip characters
B. Bill used his drawings to make fun of the school’s teachers
C. Bill’s comics were not funny and no one wanted to read comics just about girls
D. Bill smokes cigarettes and isn’t a popular in school

10. Why didn’t anyone come over to Greg in the lunch room and ask for his
autograph?

11. If you were asked to draw your own comic strip, what would it be about?

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