The Jumping Tree

Who are the characters of the story, 'The Jumping Tree'?

• Jose, Nardo, Cristobol, and Rene
• Rey, his friend Ricky, and his cousin Jorge
• Ringo, Simon, Paul, and George
• The author doesn't provide names of the characters; just descriptions

From the beginning of the story, the reader can tell that Rey ______________________.

• likes his cousin Jorge and wants to impress him.
• doesn't really like his cousin because he is a bully.
• wants Jorge to think he is really smart.
• doesn't really know anything about Jorge, his older cousin.

What do the boys end up doing to pass the time?

• They decided they were going to go get some food.
• They decided they are going to go skate at the park.
• They decide they are each going to jump from a tree.
• They decided to go watch some TV.

Is this statement true or false?
Rey feels like he will do an awesome job when jumping from the tree.

• True
• False

Who ends up jumping from the tree?

• Jorge and Ricky, but not Rey.
• Ricky and Rey, but not Jorge
• Just Jorge makes the jump.
• All the boys end up jumping.

When Rey jumps he __________________________.

• does a flip and lands beautifully.
• ends up getting a concussion.
• falls and breaks his wrist.
• rolls on the ground, but isn't hurt at all.

Jorge and Ricky think that Rey is _______________ because he ends up with a cast on his wrist from the fall.

• a total loser
• manly and brave
• not very smart
• evil

Rey ends up being __________________

• grounded for being foolish and jumping off the tree.
• happy he has a cast so he can impress kids at his new school.
• taken to jail for going into someone's property.
• really sad that he broke his wrist because everyone made fun of him.