Reading Olympics Sample Summary/Questions

Judy Moody, M.D. : The Doctor Is In - Megan McDonald

Realistic fiction. Judy Moody's third-grade class studies the human body, giving her a chance to learn more about pursuing her goal of becoming a doctor like Elizabeth Blackwell.


1. Why does Judy get a cast on her arm?

(32-3) When her class goes on a field trip to the hospital she volunteers to let the doctor demonstrate putting on a cast.


2. What does Judy steal from her brother for Show and Tell?

(48-9) his bellybutton that he had kept in a jar (the part that had fallen off from when he was a baby)


3. What does Judy Moody use to demonstrate an operation for her class project?

(94) a zucchini


4. Why had Jessica put her baby guinea pigs in the cage with Peanut, the class guinea pig?

(113-119) She and some of the other children wanted to trick Judy into thinking that Peanut had been cloned.


5. Why did Judy think she looked like Mumpty Dumpty?

(121) She had swollen cheeks from tonsillitis.


6. When Judy was sick, what did some of the children in her class bring her to make her feel better?

(142-3) They had brought their pets.