Afternoon on the Amazon

by Mary Pope Osborne

Grades 2-5; Genre - Historical Fiction with Fantastical Elements; GRL M; AR pts: 1.0

Jack and Annie are looking for the second special thing they need to help free Morgan from
Merlin’s spell. They go to the rain forest and run into a silly monkey who helps them find what
they're looking for.

Comprehension Questions

Chapter 1

1. Who is Peanut? p. 6
2. How many special things do Jack and Annie need to find to help Morgan? p. 2
3. How many more things do they need to find? p. 6

Chapter 2

1. Where did the tree house take the children? p. 7

2. Why didn’t Annie want to go to the rain forest? p. 8
3. Who was excited to see the rain forest? p. 9

Chapter 3

1. How many layers are there in a rain forest? p. 13

2. What are the three layers called? p. 14
3. Where did Jack realize the tree house landed? p. 14
4. How did Jack feel when he came to the understory below the canopy? p. 17

Chapter 4

1. What did the forest look like as Jack and Annie stood on the forest floor? p. 19
2. What does “camouflage” mean? p. 19
3. What was the crackling sound Jack and Annie heard? p. 21
4. What was the canoe missing when Jack and Annie started going down the river? p. 26

Chapter 5

1. How long is the Amazon River? p. 28

2. Why did Jack want to get to shore? p. 29
3. What did Jack grab when he tried to grab a vine? p. 31
4. Annie tried to grab something that looked like a branch. What was it really? p. 32
Chapter 6

1. Did the monkey seem friendly or mean? p. 36

2. How do you know? p. 36
3. Why was the river a bad place for a storm?
4. Who helped Jack and Annie get to the bank of the river? p. 39

Chapter 7

1. What did the monkey want Jack and Annie to do? p. 40

2. What was the monkey trying to do? p. 40
3. While it was raining, what acted like a huge umbrella? p. 41
4. How did the monkey save Annie from the jaguar? p.44

Chapter 8

1. What creatures did the children read about that made them want to go home? p.47
2. Who was helping Jack and Annie get back to the tree house? p. 48

Chapter 9

1. Was Annie able to find the Pennsylvania book? p. 53

2. Why did the monkey throw fruit at the children on the river? p. 56
3. Why could the children find the Pennsylvania book after they found the special
thing? p. 57

Chapter 10

1. What was the red fruit called that the monkey gave them? p. 61
2. How many things have the children found so far? p. 61
3. What are they? p. 61