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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 does Grandfather suggest that Jay Berry use as bait to catch the monkeys?

2. What does Grandfather say that Grandpas are for?

3. What does Grandpa give to Jay Berry to continue his monkey catching?

4. Jay Berry's maternal grandfather lives near which river?

5. How many monkeys does Jay Berry catch in his net?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What do the monkeys do while Jay Berry is drinking some water from a creek and what does Jay Berry do in return?

6. What item does Grandpa give to Jay Berry to try to catch the monkeys another time?

7. What news does Grandpa have about the monkeys when Jay Berry visits and tells about his last encounter with them?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author uses more than one iteration on the theme of struggle. Identify at least two instances about struggle in the book and then cite examples to support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What is the greatest lesson Jay Berry learns from his father? Is it true that important lessons are also painful ones? What will Jay Berry always recall about his father from their experiences during the summer of the monkeys?

Essay Topic 3

Perseverance takes on an almost human persona in this book. In what ways are all the characters persevering in some way? What is this literary technique called? Cite examples that support this position.

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