Afternoon on the Amazon

Magic Tree House Book 6

Reading Comprehension Worksheets

In Afternoon on the Amazon, Jack and Annie travel on the Amazon River.
Read this adventure to see how Jack and Annie save themselves.

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 Afternoon on the Amazon
Magic Tree House Book 6
"Prologue" Pages 1 - 2

1. ___What is Jack's age? A) Morgan le Fay

2. ___What is Annie's age? B) Night of the Ninjas

3. ___Where does the tree house take C) seven

the children?

4. ___Which time have Jack and Annie D) four

NOT traveled to yet?

5. ___What time is Morgan le Fay from? E) Titanic

6. ___To whom does the tree house F) to the places in the

belong? books

7. ___What was Jack and Annie's last G) Japan

adventure?

8. ___How many things do Jack and H) eight

Annie have to find?

9. ___How many things have Jack and I) one

Annie already found?

10. ___Where did Jack and Annie get the J) King Arthur
moonstone?

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 Afternoon on the Amazon
Magic Tree House Book 6
Chapter 1 "Where's Peanut?" Pages 3 - 6

1. Where did Annie run to?

school her house Frog Creek woods

2. What time of day was it?

morning afternoon evening

3. What was shimmering on the tree house floor?

a stack of books the letter 'M' Jack's backpack

4. What does 'shimmering' mean?

moving glowing hiding

5. What was moving across the floor?

a pink sock a big bug the letter 'M'

6. What did Annie use to make a bed for Peanut?

a shoe box a sock a pillow

7. Who is Peanut?

a rat a hamster a mouse

8. What color was Peanut?

brown & white black white

9. When had Peanut helped them before?

on a pirate ship in Japan in a castle

10. What was in a corner of the tree house?

an open book Morgan le Fay a clue

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 My Book Review

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Title_____________________________________
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Author ___________________________________
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Date ____/____/____
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This book was: Fiction Non-fiction Biography Other:_______________
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This story was about: people events facts
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Which words tell about the story? happy sad interesting
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Did you enjoy this book? yes no some of it
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Which part did you like best? beginning middle end
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My favorite character was (circle); Jack Annie Peanut
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my least favorite character was (underline): Monkey _______________
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Most of the settings in this book were at/in ____________________________
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My favorite part was ______________________________________________

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Write a few words that will remind you of the book. ______________________

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My rating for this book:

A super book! Very Good This book is okay. I didn't like it.

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By_________________________

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 Answer Key

Prologue Chapter 1
1. H 1. Frog Creek woods
2. C 2. afternoon
3. F 3. the letter 'M'
4. E 4. glowing
5. J 5. a pink sock
6. A 6. a sock
7. B 7. a mouse
8. D 8. brown & white
9. I 9. in Japan
10. G 10. an open book

Chapter 2 Chapter 3
1. a forest 1. hot and steamy
2. The Rain Forest 2. in some bushes
3. she doesn't like big bugs and spiders 3. flowers, butterflies, birds
4. neat 4. she was afraid of big bugs
5. no 5. canopy
6. that Annie was afraid of little bugs and 6. he knew they were high above the
spiders ground
7. see the rain forest 7. canopy
8. yes 8. with the rope ladder
9. brought with 9. cooler, damp, quiet
10. bang 10. spooky

Chapter 4 Chapter 5
1. to blend in 1. on the Amazon River
2. that there were many creatures they 2. 4,000 miles
couldn't see 3. blue, with red bellies and razor-sharp
3. a crunching, snapping sound teeth
4. the animals fled 4. piranhas
5. army ants are marching over the leaves 5. false
6. they ran through the forest 6. grab a vine to pull them to shore
7. a river 7. the 'vine' was a snake
8. a canoe 8. the 'branch' was a crocodile
9. paddles 9. a shrill, high-pitched cry
10. brown, muddy 10. a monkey

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 Answer Key continued

Chapter 6 Chapter 7
1. she seemed to be yelling at it 1. to invite or coax with a gesture
2. the monkey was harmless 2. follow him
3. threw fruit at them 3. disappear
4. mean 4. the canopy acts like an umbrella
5. no 5. playing with an animal
6. it was beginning to storm 6. jaguar
7. there were dangerous animals in the 7. a baby jaguar
water 8. the mother jaguar
8. a long stick 9. pulled the jaguar's tail
9. to throw
10. he pulled the canoe to the riverbank

Chapter 8 Chapter 9
1. the monkey 1. Pennsylvania book
2. they bite at night, they suck blood 2. they didn't want to be there when the
3. go home vampire bats came
4. 1 - J&A learn about vampire bats 3. a piece of fruit
2 - J&A decide to go home to get 4. grinning at them
prepared 5. he wanted them to take the fruit
3 - J&A get lost 6. the fruit
4 - J&A climb the rope ladder 7. they found the item they needed to free
9. a task, job, or responsibility Morgan
10. J&A learn about vampire bats 8. amazing

Chapter 10
1. Frog Creek, Pennsylvania
2. mango
3. they had half the items needed to
free Morgan
4. their mother didn't like mice
5. false
6. monkey, vampire bat, army ants,
jaguar, crocodile, piranha
7. they were just acting naturally
8. everyone should leave it alone

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