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 this sentence from paragraph 6
In fact, we fairly fell off the wall trying to get back to the old tree we 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 monkey's
• that the climbing skills of the monkeys were better than those of the children
• how afraid the children were of the grandpa monkey

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

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

Read this dictionary for COMPOUND 
Which definition of the word COMPOUND is used in paragraph 6?

• Definition 1
• Definition 2
• Definition 3
• Definition 4

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

• see why monkeys 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

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

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