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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is notable about Jay Berry's mother?
(a) She is a religious woman.
(b) She is a skilled seamstress.
(c) She owns a gift shop.
(d) She is sick most of the time.

2. Which of the following is NOT something Jay Berry enjoys having?
(a) Books.
(b) Wild areas near the river.
(c) Pocket knife.
(d) Dog.

3. Grandfather tells Jay Berry that one special monkey is worth ______________ in reward money.
(a) $1000.
(b) $25.
(c) $500.
(d) $100.

4. What does Grandfather wrap some small animal traps with so they won't hurt the monkeys?
(a) Muslin undergarments.
(b) Old feed sacks.
(c) Wool scarves.
(d) Calico dress material.

5. How many acres of farmland did Jay Berry's parents inherit when he was a baby?
(a) 55.
(b) 2000.
(c) 60.
(d) 100.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Papa have trouble believing about the monkeys?

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

3. What escaped during the train wreck?

4. Who is Daisy?

5. What does Daisy want to be when she grows up?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the name of the big monkey and what is Grandpa's suggestion for catching him?

2. Describe how the big monkey outwits Jay Berry's traps for a second time.

3. How much reward money could Jay Berry potentially get if he were to capture the monkeys?

4. Describe how Jay Berry sets the traps for the monkeys.

5. What does Grandfather prepare for Jay Berry to help him trap the monkeys?

6. What does Rowdy tree when he and Jay Berry are exploring the bottoms

7. Why is Jay Berry humiliated when he reaches home after his first day of trying to trap the monkeys?

8. What do the monkeys do after Jay Berry shoots them with a bean shooter?

9. What prevents Jay Berry from leaving with the two little monkeys in the net?

10. Why does Daisy warn Jay Berry about not hurting the monkeys?

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