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To find their third riddle, Jack and Annie travel to Africa where they get to see wild animals and learn how animals and the Masai tribe work together to survive.
Read one section at a time, then discuss the questions to review understanding. These questions are a starting place for conversation, not a complete test of the chapter.
Chapter 1
Comprehension questions
What did Jack and Annie see that made them think the tree house was in the woods?
Page 2 — A tiny deer/ gazelle
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What did Jack and Annie need to do to become Master Librarians?
Page 4 — Solve 4 riddles
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How many riddles have Jack and Annie solved so far?
Page 4 — 2
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Where was Morgan going to send Jack and Annie?
Page 5 — Africa
5
Chapter 2
Comprehension questions
Name two animals that Jack and Annie saw when they got to Africa.
Page 10 — Giraffes, zebras, gazelles, horned animals
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What does “migrate” mean?
Page 11 — When animals move to a different place to live for part of the year
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Who did Annie want to help across the river?
Page 10 — Wildebeests, horned animals
10
What animal did Jack keep looking for, but couldn’t find?
Page 14 — Lions
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Chapter 3
Comprehension questions
Tell me about giraffes.
Page 15 — Lions don’t attack them, their feet are as big as dinner plates, they’re the tallest animal in the world, have a powerful kick
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Who did Annie want to help?
Page 17 — Wildebeests that were scared to go into the water
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What was Jack carrying in his backpack?
Page 18 — Peanut butter, loaf of bread, notebook
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Chapter 4
Comprehension questions
What did Annie fall into?
Page 20 — Thick black mud
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Why do you think the wildebeests jumped into the water and came toward Annie?
Page 22 — They thought she was guiding them to the other side
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What did Jack use to help Annie reach the roots?
Page 22 — A stick
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What was circling over Annie when she was stuck in the mud?
Page 25 — Vultures
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Chapter 5
Comprehension questions
After Annie got out of the mud, where did she guide the wildebeests so they wouldn’t get stuck in the mud?
Page 26 — To a sandy spot on the bank of the river
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How did Jack and Annie chase the hyenas away?
Page 29 — They acted like a scary monster
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Where did Annie want to go to get clean?
Page 31 — A pond that some zebras were drinking at
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Chapter 6
Comprehension questions
When Jack and Annie were at the pond, what stepped out of the shadows?
Page 32 — An elephant
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How did Annie get the mud off of her?
Page 35 — The elephant sprayed her
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How did Jack feel about Annie’s behavior?
Page 38 — He was frustrated and going crazy
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Who did Annie want to follow next?
Page 38 — A little gray bird
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Chapter 7
Comprehension questions
Where did the bird lead Jack and Annie?
Page 41 — To a beehive
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How do the birds and Masai tribe members work together?
Page 42 — The bird leads the Masai to the beehive, the people scatter the bees and get the honey, and the bird gets the honeycomb
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What’s the answer to the riddle Morgan wanted them to find?
Page 46 — Honey
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Who was standing in the shadows and watching Jack and Annie?
Page 47 — A Masai warrior
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Chapter 8
Comprehension questions
What did Jack and Annie give to the warrior?
Page 50 — A peanut butter and honey sandwich
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How did the warrior feel about the sandwich?
Page 52 — He liked it, happy
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What did Jack finally see as they headed back to the tree house?
Page 55 — Lions
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Where were they?
Page 55 — Sleeping in the shade of the tree the tree house was in
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Chapter 9
Comprehension questions
What is a pride of lions?
Page 58 — A family or group of lions
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What was one of Jack’s plans to get past the lions and into the tree house?
Page 59, 62 — To tiptoe; get under the giraffe’s belly and walk underneath it until they reach the rope ladder
59, 62
What did the lion do when Jack and Annie left the giraffe’s belly and ran for the ladder?
Page 64 — He growled and leaped at the ladder
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Chapter 10
Comprehension questions
Why weren’t Jack and Annie hungry for lunch anymore?
Page 68 — They had a picnic with the Masai warrior
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What did they decide to tell their mom when she asked them why they weren’t hungry?
Page 70 — That they ate their sandwiches on the way home from the store.
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How many more riddles do Jack and Annie need to solve to become Master Librarians?
Page 68 — One
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