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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Papa think the monkeys wanted to be caught?
(a) They were bored.
(b) They are not as smart as you might think.
(c) They are tame monkeys.
(d) They just want to go home.

2. To what town do Grandpa and Jay Berry travel in Chapter 11?
(a) Des Moines.
(b) Tahlequah.
(c) Kansas City.
(d) Norman.

3. Where does Jay Berry find the monkeys hiding when he returns to the bottoms after the big storm?
(a) In a cave.
(b) In the bur oak trees.
(c) In a washout along the riverbank.
(d) In an abandoned barn.

4. What does Jay Berry's family do on three nights each week?
(a) Read stories.
(b) Make ice cream.
(c) Read the Bible.
(d) Play musical instruments.

5. Which pony does Jay Berry want?
(a) A black and white paint mare.
(b) A white roan.
(c) A chestnut roan.
(d) A black paint mare.

6. What does Jay Berry dream of on the night after he caught the monkeys?
(a) Riding a pony.
(b) Joining the circus.
(c) Playing in the ocean.
(d) Taking a train ride.

7. What secret wish does Jay Berry make inside the fairy ring?
(a) Grandpa would teach him how to draw.
(b) Daisy can get her leg fixed.
(c) He can get a horse and a .22.
(d) He can catch all the monkeys.

8. Which of the following is NOT something the Lee family gives to the monkeys in the corn crib?
(a) Bananas.
(b) Milk.
(c) Corn.
(d) Apples.

9. What is Papa holding and then drops when he sees Jay Berry with all the monkeys?
(a) Horseshoe.
(b) File.
(c) Hammer.
(d) Saw.

10. The men who arrive in the circus truck are __________________ Johnson.
(a) Ben and Watson.
(b) Nick and Tom.
(c) Jim and Chuck.
(d) Ben and Tom.

11. Who offers to send a telegram to the circus people about the monkeys being caught?
(a) The mailman.
(b) Grandpa.
(c) Papa.
(d) The mayor.

12. Which Norse god does Daisy tell Jay Berry about during the bad weather?
(a) Valhalla.
(b) Baldr.
(c) Frey.
(d) Thor.

13. What upsets Jay Berry about the painter mare he really likes?
(a) She has a wound on her leg.
(b) She has an arthritic leg.
(c) She has a dull, sparse coat.
(d) She is blind in one eye.

14. Ben Johnson says that a circus just isn't a circus without __________________.
(a) Monkeys.
(b) Trapeze acts.
(c) Clowns.
(d) Elephants.

15. Why do Papa and Jay Berry agree to tend Grandpa's store for a day?
(a) So Grandpa can have surgery.
(b) So Grandpa can take Grandma to a wedding.
(c) So Grandpa, Grandma, Mama and Daisy can go to town.
(d) So Grandpa and Grandma can go on a little trip.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mama holding when Jay Berry brings all the monkeys home?

2. Whom is Grandpa going to visit to see about a pony for Jay Berry?

3. What did the monkeys feast on at Jay Berry's farm?

4. What does Daisy do during the bad weather?

5. The book the librarian told Grandpa and Jay Berry about suggested using _______________ for bait.

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