Q: There once was a little monkey who lived in a zoo. He was a tiny brown monkey, smaller than all of the others. He was quieter than the others too. He was so quiet, in fact, that his mommy monkey made him wear a small blue bell around his neck so that she could find him. Even when the little monkey was very quiet, whenever he moved, the bell would jingle and his mother could find him.

One day, this little monkey had been running around under the yellow sun for a long time, with his bell going "jingle jingle." He started to feel tired. But the other monkeys were still having fun and making a lot of noise. They were yelling and banging things together. The little monkey wanted to find somewhere quiet.

Finally, he knew what to do: he took off his blue bell. He hung it on a branch. Then he sneaked out of his cage in the zoo. He waited. He was very quiet and small. He waited until a young girl came walking through the zoo. She was with her mother and father. Then he jumped into her red backpack. He was so small that she didn't know he was there. The girl and her mother and father got in their car and went home.

When the girl got home, she set down her backpack. Her brother thought he saw her backpack moving. Her sister thought she heard something. But nobody knew that a tiny, sleepy monkey had come home from the zoo. He was happily sleeping in the girl's backpack in her quiet house, away from all the other noisy monkeys.

1. brown
2. a zoo
3. No
4. small blue bell
5. his neck
6. so that she could find him
7. He was so quiet
8. wanted to find somewhere quiet
9. on a branch
10. red backpack
11. her mother and father
12. No
13. Yes
14. Her brother
15. No

Numbered questions:
1. What color was the monkey?
2. Where did he live?
3. Was he the same size as the other monkeys?
4. What did his mother make him wear?
5. Where?
6. Why did she make him wear it?
7. Why was he hard to find?
8. Why did the small monkey want to get away from the other monkeys?
9. Where did he put his bell?
10. What did the girl have on?
11. Who else was with the girl at the zoo?
12. Did any of them see the monkey hop into the backpack?
13. Did they take him home?
14. Who noticed movement in the backpack?
15. Was the monkey awake when they discovered him?

Q: We have two daughters: Kristen is seven years old and Kelly is four.Last Sunday evening, we invited some people home for dinner.I dressed them nicely for the party, and told them that their job was to join Mommy in answering the door when the bell rang.Mommy would introduce them to the guests, and then they would take the guests' coats upstairs and put them on the bed in the second bedroom. The guests arrived.I introduced my two daughters to each of them.The adults were nice and kind and said how lucky we were to have such good kids. Each of the guests paid too much attention to Kelly, the younger one, admiring her dress, her hair and her smile.They said she was a remarkable girl to be carrying coats upstairs at her age. I thought to myself that we adults usually make a big "to do" over the younger one because she's the one who seems more easily hurt.We do it with the best of intention . But we seldom think of how it might affect the other child.I was a little worried that Kristen would feel she was being outshined .I was about to serve dinner when I realized that she had been missing for twenty minutes.I ran upstairs and found her in the bedroom, crying. I said, "What are you doing, my dear?" She turned to me with a sad expression and said, "Mommy, why don't people like me the way they like my sister? Is it because I'm not pretty? Is that why they don't say nice things about me as much?" I tried to explain to her, kissing and held her in arms to make her feel better. Now, whenever I visit a friend's home, I make it a point to speak to the elder child first.

1. seven years old
2. yes
3. Kelly
4. four
5. yes
6. Kelly
7. for dinner
8. no
9. yes
10. yes
11. to take the coats upstairs
12. yes
13. answering the door
14. no
15. mommy
16. the elder child

Numbered questions:
1. How old is Kristen?
2. Does Kristen have a sister?
3. What is her name?
4. How old is Kelly?
5. Did the guests pay too much attention to one of the girls?
6. Who did they pay more attention to?
7. Why did the guests come over?
8. Do we know how many guests there were?
9. Did the guests like Kelly's dress?
10. did Kristen feel left out?
11. What was the girls job?
12. Did they have any other jobs?
13. what was it?
14. Did they answer the door by themselves?
15. Who did they answer it with?
16. Who does the mother speak to first when visiting friends?

Q: Roger, a young man from China, has taught Chinese in a primary school in England for 3 years. Many children like his class and he enjoys teaching them very much. All the pupils are quite interested in what Roger teaches them. They learn quickly and do everything carefully. One day he said to the children, "People in a lot of Asian countries wear white clothes at funerals, but the people in America wear white in the weddings because white means purity and happiness. What colour does an English woman wear when she gets married ?" Mary said, "White, sir. Because she is happy." "That is good, Mary." Roger said, "You are quite right. She wears white because she is happy." But then one boy in the class put up his hand. "Yes, Dick?" Roger said, "Do you have a question?" "Yes." Dick said, "Why do men wear black in our country when they get married, sir?"

1. Roger

Numbered questions:
1. Who is the story about?