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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 Grandma give to Jay Berry to take home to his family?

2. Where does Jay Berry find the monkeys hiding when he returns to the bottoms after the big storm?

3. Why do Papa and Jay Berry agree to tend Grandpa's store for a day?

4. What makes Rowdy go nuts the next morning during breakfast?

5. What kind of weather occurs at the beginning of Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the story that Mama tells about Johnnie George Garland and his fiance, Luann?

2. When does Jay Berry realize what Grandpa was trying to tell him by showing him the crippled pony?

3. What does Jay Berry have to do to convince Rowdy to go back to the bottoms with him?

4. Which pony does Jay Berry select and what is the problem with her?

5. What is the source of the fermenting fruit smell that Jay Berry sniffs out in the bottoms?

6. How does Jay Berry save the monkeys and where does he take them to recover?

7. How are the monkeys drinking the sour mash and how does Jay Berry get his first sip of it?

8. What vehicle pulls into the Lee family's lane and why is it especially unusual?

9. What are all the sources of money that combine for Daisy's leg operation?

10. Describe Grandpa and Jay Berry's trip to the library.

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

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 3

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?

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