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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 do the monkeys do when Jay Berry starts to sing?
2. Daisy claims that the character she sees outside the window is sending them ____________________.
3. Where does Jay Berry find the monkeys hiding when he returns to the bottoms after the big storm?
4. What is the amount of the reward that Jay Berry receives for catching the monkeys?
5. Whom does Jimbo go to other than Jay Berry?
Short Essay Questions
1. What events occur in the story to foreshadow Jay Berry's success with catching the monkeys?
2. How does Jay Berry save the monkeys and where does he take them to recover?
3. What does Jay Berry realize has happened after he and Rowdy drink so much of the sour mash?
4. Who are the men who have arrived in the circus truck and what do they do at the Lee farm?
5. What is the source of the fermenting fruit smell that Jay Berry sniffs out in the bottoms?
6. What are all the sources of money that combine for Daisy's leg operation?
7. What is the story that Mama tells about Johnnie George Garland and his fiance, Luann?
8. Which pony does Jay Berry select and what is the problem with her?
9. How does Jay Berry get word to the circus people that he has caught the monkeys?
10. What is Grandpa's idea for getting more information about catching the monkeys?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Explain Wilson Rawls' use of regionalism in the book. Cite examples of at least two different instances of regionalism and explain why the author used them where he did.
Essay Topic 3
Create a brief character study of Mama. What did she look like? What were her positive personality traits? What were her dreams and fears? What was most valuable to her in her world?
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