## Answers to the Exercises for The Monkey's Heart

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A. How much did you understand?

1. The crocodile and his wife lived on a small island in the middle of a river.
   False. The monkey lived on a small island in the middle of a river.
2. "Monkey," said the crocodile, "please give me a piece of your fruit."
   True
3. "Mm," said the crocodile. "This is delicious."
   True
4. "That clever monkey gave it to me," said the crocodile's wife.
   False. "That clever money gave it to me," said her husband.
5. They were smiling at her, and their teeth were long and sharp.
   True
6. "I can cross the river," said the monkey. "I can swim."
   False. "I can't go across the river," said the monkey. "I can't swim."
7. The crocodile's wife went out to cook the lunch. The monkey followed her.
   False. The crocodile followed her.
8. "We're not hungry. We don't want to eat your meat. We only want to eat your heart."
   True
9. "If you want my heart, you must take me home first."
   True
10. She jumped off the crocodile and ran into her house.
    False. She jumped off the crocodile and ran up the tree.

B. Where, what?

1. Where did the monkey live?
   On a small island in the middle of a river
2. What did she throw to the crocodile?
   A piece of fruit
3. The crocodile and his wife went to see the monkey. Where was she?
   She was sitting in her tree.
4. When the crocodiles smiled, the monkey saw something. What was it?
   Their long, sharp teeth
5. What did the crocodile's wife cook for the monkey?
   Lunch
6. What did the crocodiles want to eat?
   The monkey's heart
7. Where did the monkey say that she kept her heart?
   On the island, in the big fruit tree
8. Where did the monkey go when the crocodile took her back to her island?
   Up the tree