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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. How many days does it take Jay Berry to recover in bed from his monkey wounds?

2. What creature bothers Jay Berry as he waits in the hole?

3. What animal does Jay Berry's dog chase up into a tree?

4. Jay Berry's grandfather tells Jay that a train wreck a few days ago cracked open a ______________ car.

5. Grandpa shows Jay Berry a letter he received from whom?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do Jay Berry's parents think when he tells them about the monkeys?

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

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

5. How long does it take Jay Berry to recover from his encounter with the monkeys?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the overall setting for the story. Why does the author use the setting he does? What is the time period of the story? How important is the time period to the attitudes and issues of the characters?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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