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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 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.

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

3. Who did the Cherokee Indians think was crazy, so they avoided coming to Grandpa's store?
(a) The butterfly professor.
(b) Grandma's brother.
(c) The traveling salesman.
(d) The new minister.

4. What does the chimpanzee do while Jay Berry is drinking water from a spring?
(a) Throws apples at Rowdy.
(b) Hits Jay Berry with a stick.
(c) Leads the little monkeys to the stream.
(d) Takes Jay Berry's lunch, apples and traps.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had given the farmland to Jay Berry's parents?

2. What does Jay Berry tell Papa about the monkeys?

3. What happens to Jay Berry as he runs home, away from the monkeys?

4. How many monkeys were not able to be recaptured?

5. Jay Berry's family lives near which mountain range?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What things make Jay Berry content in his life?

3. What does Jay Berry do after he and Papa return to the bottoms but can't find the monkeys?

4. Who are Jay Berry Lee and Daisy Lee?

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

6. What does Jay Berry end up doing when he goes after the family milk cow which has escaped one day?

7. Describe the area where Jay Berry lives and explores.

8. Describe Jay Berry's parents.

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

10. Where had Jay Berry's family come from and how long does it take them to get well established in Oklahoma?

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