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The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie away to South America, where they must climb Machu Picchu to save a baby llama.
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
Where is Jack and Annie going in this book?
Page 7 — Peru
7
What continent is Peru on?
South America
Chapter 2
Comprehension questions
Why is the boy so upset in this chapter?
Page 19 — His baby llama was stolen
19
Chapter 3
Comprehension questions
Why are Jack and Annie afraid to cross the bridge?
Page 25 — It’s made of rope and hangs between two mountains
25
Why are Jack and Annie determined to cross the bridge?
Page 27 — Their mission is to go across and save the llama
27
Chapter 4
Comprehension questions
Why did Jack and Annie feel sick while hiking up the mountain?
Page 35 — They didn’t have water and they needed to slow down to let their bodies get used to the high altitude
35
Chapter 5
Comprehension questions
How did Jack and Annie know they were taken back hundreds of years into the past?
Page 40 — Topa and his grandparents called Machu Picchu the Secret City
40
Chapter 6
Comprehension questions
Where did Jack and Annie find drinking water?
Page 47 — In one of the many springs in the city
47
Chapter 7
Comprehension questions
How will the legend help Jack and Annie?
Page 61 — The llama will speak and tell the Emperor what it wants
61
Chapter 8
Comprehension questions
Name one thing that was scary for Jack in this chapter?
Page 62 — The Emperor wouldn’t believe them; the trail to the rope bridge was on a cliff; condors were flying overhead
62
Chapter 9
Comprehension questions
How did Jack keep Cria safe from the condors?
Page 74 — He remembered the legend and asked the condors to tell the constellations to keep Cria safe
74
Chapter 10
Comprehension questions
What’s Annie’s explanation of “the secret of the brave”?
Page 85 — People can’t be brave unless they’re afraid first
85
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