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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the gander at Jay Berry's house?

2. The river that Jay Berry likes to explore is a tributary of which river?

3. What does Jay Berry dream about in Chapter 4?

4. How many acres of farmland did Jay Berry's parents inherit when he was a baby?

5. What does the chimpanzee do that surprises Jay Berry?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How many monkeys were not recaptured after the train crash?

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

5. How does Grandpa tell Jay Berry to try to trap the monkey with the net?

6. Where does Jay Berry's family live and how did they get their land?

7. What does Jay Berry's Grandpa tell him about the monkeys?

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

9. Explain how the big monkey outwits Jay Berry and his traps.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain why Daisy probably had such an active imagination. Who were some of the spirits she had friendships with? Why were her dolls so real to her?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the Old Man in the Mountain. What is his role in the story? What was the author trying to accomplish by introducing the Old Man in the Mountain in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

The author used more than one iteration on the theme of selflessness. Identify at least two examples about selflessness in the book and then explain why the examples support the theme.

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