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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the woman who serves breakfast to Jay Berry at the hotel?
(a) Sissy.
(b) Laurene.
(c) Big Gen.
(d) Henny.

2. What have the monkeys discovered in the bottoms?
(a) A sour mash fermenting setup.
(b) A well.
(c) A big cave.
(d) Jay Berry's net.

3. What new article of clothing does Mama make for Jay Berry?
(a) Pants.
(b) Shirt.
(c) Coat.
(d) Vest.

4. The library that Grandpa and Jay Berry visit is a _______________ library.
(a) Carnegie.
(b) Vanderbilt.
(c) Rothschild.
(d) Powell.

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

6. What kind of weather occurs at the beginning of Chapter 13?
(a) Ice Storm.
(b) Snow Storm.
(c) Thunderstorm.
(d) Tornado.

7. Daisy claims that the character she sees outside the window is sending them ____________________.
(a) Bad luck.
(b) The bad weather.
(c) Nightmares.
(d) Good luck.

8. What does Jay Berry do when he finds the monkeys all cold and wet?
(a) He goes home to get bath towels to dry them.
(b) He blows on them to dry their fur.
(c) Moves them into the sun to dry.
(d) Makes them run around to dry off.

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

10. How does Jay Berry feel when the circus truck pulls away?
(a) Ecstatic.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Lonely.
(d) Mad.

11. What does Daisy realize about Jay Berry when he returns home?
(a) He is feverish.
(b) He is drunk.
(c) He is scared.
(d) He is wounded.

12. What do the monkeys do when Jay Berry starts to sing?
(a) Bite Jay Berry.
(b) Put their paws over their ears.
(c) Run down to the spring.
(d) Crawl all over him.

13. What does Jay Berry smell when he reaches the bottoms?
(a) Gunsmoke.
(b) Fermenting fruit.
(c) Fried meat.
(d) Campfire smoke.

14. What are the Gravely brothers notorious for?
(a) They are whiskey bootleggers.
(b) They breed hunting dogs.
(c) They are always taking things apart.
(d) They grow the biggest pumpkins each year.

15. Why is Daisy mad at Jay Berry at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) He nailed a board over the door to her treehouse.
(b) He has ruined her school book.
(c) He has hidden her new hat somewhere.
(d) He has taken too many apples for the monkeys.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Jimbo go to other than Jay Berry?

2. What makes Jay Berry realize that he can't keep the painter mare pony?

3. What is the name of the circus which lost the monkeys?

4. What does Mama call Jimbo?

5. Which Norse god does Daisy tell Jay Berry about during the bad weather?

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