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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 Jay Berry's family do on three nights each week?
2. To what town do Grandpa and Jay Berry travel in Chapter 11?
3. What happens Luann's boyfriend before they married?
4. What does Daisy do during the bad weather?
5. The book the librarian told Grandpa and Jay Berry about suggested using _______________ for bait.
Short Essay Questions
1. What do the family members wish for at the fairy ring and what does Jay Berry's wish say about him?
2. Who does Daisy tell Jay Berry about when she takes refuge in his room during a thunderstorm?
3. What is the story that Mama tells about Johnnie George Garland and his fiance, Luann?
4. What are all the sources of money that combine for Daisy's leg operation?
5. How does Jay Berry get word to the circus people that he has caught the monkeys?
6. What does Jay Berry have to do to convince Rowdy to go back to the bottoms with him?
7. Who are the men who have arrived in the circus truck and what do they do at the Lee farm?
8. What do the monkeys do that makes Grandpa so mad as they return home from their trip to the library?
9. Who is Indian Tom and why does Grandpa go to visit him?
10. When does Jay Berry realize what Grandpa was trying to tell him by showing him the crippled pony?
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
There are several events of foreshadowing in SUMMER OF THE MONKEYS. Define foreshadowing. Cite at least two situations in the story that serve as foreshadowing.
Essay Topic 3
Wilson Rawls was a master at dramatic devices. Choose an example of symbolism, metaphor, and irony, and briefly describe them and identify the technique which they embody.
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