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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 old is Jay Berry when his family is finally well established and living in a cabin-like home?

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

3. Jay Berry's maternal grandfather lives in the ___________________ of Oklahoma.

4. What does the chimpanzee do while Jay Berry is drinking water from a spring?

5. What does Jay Berry want to buy if he gets the monkey reward money?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who are Jay Berry Lee and Daisy Lee?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Create a brief character study of Papa. What did he look like? What were his positive personality traits? What were his dreams and fears? What was most valuable to him in his world?

Essay Topic 2

Create a brief character study of Jay Berry Lee. What did he look like? What were his positive personality traits? What were his dreams and fears? What was most valuable to him in his world?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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