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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the chimpanzee get the apple pieces from the traps?
(a) He makes other monkeys get them.
(b) He unties the strings.
(c) He springs the trap with a stick.
(d) He doesn't get the apple pieces.

2. Who bites into all the apples set for traps?
(a) One little monkey.
(b) Several monkeys.
(c) The chimpanzee.
(d) None of the monkeys.

3. How many monkeys does Jay Berry catch in his net?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

4. What does the chimpanzee do that reminds Jay Berry of his Grandfather?
(a) He scratches his chin.
(b) He scratches his belly.
(c) He scratches his head.
(d) He scratches his behind.

5. What does Jay Berry use to cover his monkey traps?
(a) Stones.
(b) Birds' nests.
(c) Leaves.
(d) Sticks.

6. In what kind of tree are the monkeys hiding?
(a) Evergreen.
(b) Oak.
(c) Maple.
(d) Sycamore.

7. What does Jay Berry tell his Grandfather about when he visits him at his store?
(a) Daisy's hair.
(b) The tornado.
(c) His new gun.
(d) The monkey.

8. What does the chimpanzee do while Jay Berry is drinking water from a spring?
(a) Hits Jay Berry with a stick.
(b) Takes Jay Berry's lunch, apples and traps.
(c) Leads the little monkeys to the stream.
(d) Throws apples at Rowdy.

9. Who did the Cherokee Indians think was crazy, so they avoided coming to Grandpa's store?
(a) The butterfly professor.
(b) Grandma's brother.
(c) The traveling salesman.
(d) The new minister.

10. What happens to Jay Berry as he runs home, away from the monkeys?
(a) He falls in a hole.
(b) His clothes get torn.
(c) He trips over a log and hits his head.
(d) He runs into the Old Man in the Mountain.

11. What escaped during the train wreck?
(a) Toxic fumes.
(b) Cows.
(c) Children.
(d) Monkeys.

12. What does Grandpa give to Jay Berry to continue his monkey catching?
(a) A big net.
(b) A washtub.
(c) A tarp.
(d) A BB gun.

13. What advice does Grandpa give Jay Berry about being friendly with the chimpanzee?
(a) Bring some carrots and apples for him.
(b) Offer him an apple and call him by name.
(c) Offer him an apple and play the harmonica.
(d) Set down a pile of apples and bananas in the bottoms.

14. Jay Berry likes to explore the area around the _______________________.
(a) Haunted house in town.
(b) Abandoned mine shaft.
(c) Indian caves.
(d) Illinois River Bottoms.

15. Jay Berry's mother weighs about ______________ pounds.
(a) 100.
(b) 150.
(c) 125.
(d) 200.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the chimpanzee do that surprises Jay Berry?

2. What does Jay Berry want to buy if he gets the monkey reward money?

3. Jay Berry's family lives near which mountain range?

4. Who had given the farmland to Jay Berry's parents?

5. How much could Jay Berry potentially earn by capturing the escaped monkeys?

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