Nibbles the Mostly Mischievous Monkey

A Julius and Friends Story

Author: Martha Myers

Copyright: ©2003 by Pacific Press®

Readability Level 4.2

Word Count: 8,845

96 pages

CONTENT

1. During vacation Allen and Jean lived ______.

a. at their aunt's dairy / b. in a cave / c. in a jungle / d. on Dad's boat

2. Jean got a monkey from her ______.

a. Aunt Betty / b. Dad / money she earned / d. next-door-neighbor

3. Nibbles got burned when he ______.

a. picked up some burning wood / b. sat on the stove
c. turned on the hot water / d. walked in the snow

4. ______taught Nibbles not to bite.

a. An Indian mahout / b. Dad / c. Jean / The preacher

5. Jean was afraid Nibbles was dead after he ______.

a. ate some of her medicine / b. got burned
c. got hit by a truck / d. jumped from the high wires

6. Jean couldn't think what to say about Nibbles at ______.

a. church / b. the pet show / c. school / . the vet's

7. Jean let Nibbles outside so he could ______.

a. eat bugs / b. drink water / c. go to the bathroom / d. play with her

8. Nibbles learned to ______from the cat.

a. eat fish / b. fight / c. purr / d. run

9. Nibbles rode on ______.

a. a dog / b. a horse / c. Jean's shoulder / d. all of these

10. Nibbles was a ______monkey.

a. cat / b. gigantic water / c. squirrel / d. all of these

11. Dad used his boat for ______.

a. catching fish / b. scuba diving / c. watching whales / d. none of these

12. Mother was afraid of ______.

a. animals / b. cities / c. the forest / d. the water

13. The ranger took the bear to ______,

a. a circus / b. a quiet mountain / c. a varicose vein / d. the zoo

VOCABULARY

14. A parakeet stays in a cage so he won't ______.

a. fly away / b. make too much noise / c. swim away / d. run away

15. A dairy is a place where ______are kept.

a. cows / b. pits / c. turkeys / d. all of these

16. They called the monkey Nibbles because of the way he ______.

a. ate his food / b. cried / c. curled up to sleep / d. swung through trees

17. A tantrum is ______.

a. an attack by whales / b. a big snow storm / c. a kind of food
d. yelling and kicking, throwing things and jumping around

18. Frenzy is ______.

a. delighted / b. rushing around / c. sleepy and lazy / d. troubled

19. An icicle is something very ______.

a. cold / b. hot / c. sticky / d. sweet

20. A pasture is a place you keep ______.

a. cats / b. dogs / c. horses / d. preachers