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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What does Jay Berry's mother make him do if he forgets something?
(a) He has to wear his shirt backwards for a week.
(b) He has to wear a bonnet for a week.
(c) He has extra chores for a week.
(d) He has to wear a string around his finger.

3. What does Papa think will be difficult for Jay Berry in catching the monkeys?
(a) They have to be caught alive.
(b) There is no place to keep them.
(c) They don't know what food to give them.
(d) He is not a very good shot with a rifle.

4. Jay Berry's family lives near which mountain range?
(a) The Berkshires.
(b) The Ozarks.
(c) The Rockies.
(d) The Appalachians.

5. What is the name of the family's milk cow?
(a) Bessie Mae.
(b) Ginny Mae.
(c) Sally Gooden.
(d) Sissy Belle.

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

7. What does the chimpanzee do that surprises Jay Berry?
(a) He turns somersaults.
(b) He does cartwheels.
(c) He does hand stands.
(d) He dances.

8. What does Daisy use to help her move around?
(a) A walker.
(b) A crutch.
(c) A cane.
(d) A wheelchair.

9. Jay Berry is amazed at how big the monkeys' _______________ are.
(a) Eyes.
(b) Ears.
(c) Legs.
(d) Teeth.

10. Jay Berry is embarrassed to admit that ______________________.
(a) The monkeys stole his gear.
(b) He didn't set enough traps.
(c) He lost his beanshooter.
(d) He didn't use bananas for bait.

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

12. Where does Jay Berry set the monkey traps?
(a) Near caves.
(b) Around bur oak trees.
(c) Close to a stream.
(d) In sycamore trees.

13. What does Jay Berry's father think about the animal which Jay Berry's dog has treed?
(a) It can't possibly live in this cold climate.
(b) It must be a circus animal.
(c) It must have escaped from the zoo.
(d) It must be someone's pet.

14. In what state is the inherited farmland located?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Oklahoma.
(c) Nebraska.
(d) Indiana.

15. What happens after Jay Berry catches the gander in his net?
(a) The gander gets his beak caught in a hole in the net.
(b) The gander tears the net.
(c) The gander gets string caught around its neck.
(d) He can't release it from the net.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Jay Berry's dog?

2. What does Jay Berry try to convince his father of regarding the monkeys?

3. What does the chimpanzee do while Jay Berry is drinking water from a spring?

4. Jay Berry thinks that the chimpanzee looks like ___________________.

5. What do the monkeys do after Jay Berry shoots the chimpanzee?

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