MILLY-MOLLY-MANDY
By
Joyce Lankester Brisley
Comprehension Guide
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Date ______________________________
Story 1 What did Milly-Molly-Mandy get for Aunty?
Story 2 Name one of the things Milly-Molly-Mandy did with the penny she found.
Story 3 True/False Great-Aunty Margaret is huge.
What does Milly-Molly-Mandy put in the little spare room to show there’s lots of room for love?
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Story 4 Why would it have been wrong for Milly-Molly-Mandy and little friend Susan to go blackberrying where the notice sign was posted?
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Story 5 Milly-Molly-Mandy wanted which prize most of all?
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the fairy doll
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the storybook
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the booby rabbit
Story 6 Where did Milly-Molly-Mandy and Susan sleep? _____________________________________________________________________________
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Story 7 What did Milly-Molly-Mandy say was “our sort of fruit”?
What did Milly-Molly-Mandy and Billy Blunt do?
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tidy flower beds
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plant grass in the holes in the lawn
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paint the water-butt and roller
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all of the above
Story 8 What did Billy Blunt do when Milly-Molly-Mandy accidentally gave him thirteen aniseed balls instead of twelve? _________________________________________________
Story 9 True/False Milly-Molly-Mandy and Susan did not invite the postman to the party.
Story 10 Was Miss Edwards a mean person? Why or why not?
What did she make for Milly-Molly-Mandy?
Story 11 Do you think the shabby boy really was the fastest?
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Story12 How did her family keep Milly-Molly-Mandy’s new bedroom a surprise?
Story 13 The concert was joined by whom without being invited? ____________________
Story 14 What did everyone do that was “naughty” while Mother was away? ___________
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Story 15 Who went to the sea with Milly-Molly-Mandy?
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Billy Blunt
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Uncle
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Grandpa
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All of the above
Story 16 What kind of baby did Milly-Molly-Mandy mind? _________________________
What did she name him? _____________________________________________
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Story 17 What did Milly-Molly-Mandy and Billy Blunt do with the fish they caught?
Story 18 What is a thatched roof made of? _______________________________________
Story 19 Who came to supper while Milly-Molly-Mandy and Susan keeping house?
What did they eat?
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fried onion
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bread-and-dripping
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warm milk
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currant cake
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all of the above
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none of the above
Story 20 Why does the Blacksmith call his helper Reginald?
What did Mr. Rudge fire in his anvil to have a proper blacksmith wedding?
Story 21 What kind of dress stuff did Milly-Molly-Mandy get and why?
MILLY-MOLLY-MANDY ANSWERS
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needle
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green mustard and cress, wool, patty pan, sweets, bank, duckling
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false; marigolds
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because it’s someone else’s property who doesn’t want them there
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c
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spare room
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making yourself useful; d
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gave it back
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false
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no, she’s just strict at school; sailor girls
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no, he was just being compassionate
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by telling her all the changes to the storeroom were for the jam pots
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Toby the dog
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Fixed up kitchen, attic, garden, etc. and Mother made MMM a blue dressing gown
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A
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A hedgehog; Horace
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Threw them back
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straw
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Billy Blunt; e
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Because his name is Tom like the smith’s and it’s too confusing to have two Toms; gunpowder
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Pink and white stripes again because Bunchy needs flower print to match her name and there’s only enough flower print for one dress
Milly-Molly-Mandy Stories 1-7
Across
2. In which room did Milly-Molly-Mandy and Susan sleep?
5. What did Milly-Molly-Mandy put in the spare room?
Down
1. What did Milly-Molly-Mandy get for Aunty?
3. Which prize did Milly-Molly-Mandy want most?
4. Who helped Milly-Molly-Mandy tidy the flower beds?
6. One of the items Milly-Molly-Mandy bought with the penny she found.
Milly-Molly-Mandy Stories 8-14
A P A K A D Y A M C X F W F Y
N W O N I S X B I Q A E C D S
I S S S J T B T O D W E N N X
S C T Z T X C L J T U A X O Y
E J M O J M N H H C M J B A X
E H K X R A A V E Y J U H N V
D Q B M Q E P N L N J O W Z I
K G A U O E R L G H S L U Y E
S F F Y Y G O O G P C L V T J
Z P L E A M M F O W B D A K T
A Y O M Y U M X Q M B B J U D
H M L L F A N J G C Y I U G E
S T L L L T W T G D P F Z S S
Q I V I I U Z G V I R T Z Z I
M V R I H B E F M Z A Z G S C
ANISEED
BILLY
KITCHEN
MILLY-MOLLY-MANDY
POSTMAN
STOREROOM
TOBY
Milly-Molly-Mandy Stories 15-21
Across
3. What is Reginald's real name?
6. Mr. Rudge fired ______ in his anvil.
Down
1. What is a thatched roof made of?
2. Milly-Molly-Mandy minded what kind of baby?
4. What was the baby's name?
5. What is one of the things they ate for supper?
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