Monkey Tales

When the author's mother saw the family of monkeys in her dining room, she most likely felt--

• amused

• cheated

• surprised

• sympathetic

Read the dictionary entry.

compound n 1. a word formed by joining other words 2. a grouping of buildings contained inside a bordering structure 3. an object created by combining parts 4. a substance formed by mixing different chemicals.

Which definition of the word compound is used in paragraph 6?

• Definition 1

• Definition 2

• Definition 3

• Definition 4

What lesson did the author learn while living in India?

• Monkeys can cause problems that require creative solutions.

• Food can be used to help calm aggressive monkeys.

• It is wise to leave monkeys alone while they are eating.

• It helps to befriend people who are familiar with the behavior of monkeys.

The author includes paragraph 2 most likely to show--

• why his mother decided to fill a bowl with fruits that monkeys like

• why he often encountered monkeys when living in India

• what similarities his family had with the family of monkeys

• what tempted the monkeys to come into his family's house

Judy's encounter with the grandpa monkey suggests that she was--

• hoping to get a close look at the monkeys

• aware that the monkeys could have been dangerous

• concerned about the grandpa monkey's children

• entertained by the grandpa monkey's actions

From the information provided in the selection, the reader can tell that monkeys typically--

• travel great distances

• depend on people for food

• live in large family groups

• live high in the treetops

The description of the mother monkey and the young monkeys in the dining room helps the reader---

• see why monkey are common in some areas of India

• recognize the similarities between adult monkeys and young monkeys

• realize how unusual the monkeys' behavior was

• understand why monkeys like to eat fruit

Read this sentence from paragraph 6

In fact, we fairly fell off the wall trying to get back to the old tree we had used to climb up.

The author uses this sentence to show--

• that the children were not skilled at walking on the wall

• how the children's actions resembled those of the monkeys

• that the climbing skills of the monkeys were better than those of the children

• how afraid the children were of the grandpa monkey