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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Papa have trouble believing about the monkeys?
(a) They talk to each other.
(b) They can dance.
(c) They can count.
(d) They can do somersaults.

2. Daisy tells Jay Berry that the Old Man of the Mountains doesn't like it when boys ___________________
(a) Kill or harm animals.
(b) Lie.
(c) Are mean to their sisters.
(d) Chop down trees.

3. What does Jay Berry see his Grandfather slip into the grocery sack?
(a) A tin of coffee.
(b) A basket of walnuts.
(c) A pint of raspberries.
(d) A bag of candy.

4. Who had given the farmland to Jay Berry's parents?
(a) His mother's uncle.
(b) His maternal grandfather.
(c) His father's grandfather.
(d) His paternal grandfather.

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

6. What do the monkeys do after Jay Berry shoots the chimpanzee?
(a) Run toward the stream.
(b) Swing from tree-to-tree.
(c) Throw walnuts at Jay Berry and Rowdy.
(d) Run after Jay Berry and Rowdy.

7. What does Daisy want to be when she grows up?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A nurse.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A sculptor.

8. Jay Berry's grandfather tells Jay that a train wreck a few days ago cracked open a ______________ car.
(a) Circus.
(b) Produce.
(c) Cattle.
(d) Passenger.

9. Jay Berry thinks that the chimpanzee looks like ___________________.
(a) The Old Man of the Mountain.
(b) A boy.
(c) A dog.
(d) A monster.

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

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

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

13. What does Jay Berry tell Papa about the monkeys?
(a) They smelled really bad.
(b) They never showed up.
(c) They made a fool out of him.
(d) They were very hungry.

14. What is notable about Daisy's appearance?
(a) She has bright red hair.
(b) She has one green eye and one blue eye.
(c) She has six toes on one foot.
(d) She has a deformed leg.

15. What creature bothers Jay Berry as he waits in the hole?
(a) A possum.
(b) A snake.
(c) A woodpecker.
(d) A fox.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Grandpa's advice about animals?

2. Grandpa says that if Jay Berry will ______________________, it will be easier to catch him.

3. Jay Berry's mother weighs about ______________ pounds.

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

5. Jay Berry's family's land is located near modern day Tahlequah, ______________ County, Oklahoma.

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