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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tom Johnson give to Papa before he leaves?
(a) Money for food the monkeys ate.
(b) Lifetime passes to the circus.
(c) Train tickets.
(d) A book of circus art.

2. What have the monkeys discovered in the bottoms?
(a) A big cave.
(b) Jay Berry's net.
(c) A well.
(d) A sour mash fermenting setup.

3. How does Papa show Jay Berry that he is proud of him for giving up his monkey catching money?
(a) He pats him on the back.
(b) He shakes his hand.
(c) He cries.
(d) He ruffles his hair.

4. Why do Papa and Jay Berry agree to tend Grandpa's store for a day?
(a) So Grandpa and Grandma can go on a little trip.
(b) So Grandpa can take Grandma to a wedding.
(c) So Grandpa, Grandma, Mama and Daisy can go to town.
(d) So Grandpa can have surgery.

5. What makes Jay Berry realize that he can't keep the painter mare pony?
(a) He hears Daisy calling his name.
(b) He sees Daisy's crutch on the porch.
(c) He watches Daisy limp up the lane.
(d) He hears Daisy singing.

6. What secret wish does Jay Berry make inside the fairy ring?
(a) Daisy can get her leg fixed.
(b) Grandpa would teach him how to draw.
(c) He can catch all the monkeys.
(d) He can get a horse and a .22.

7. What does Jay Berry dream of on the night after he caught the monkeys?
(a) Playing in the ocean.
(b) Riding a pony.
(c) Taking a train ride.
(d) Joining the circus.

8. What are the Gravely brothers notorious for?
(a) They are always taking things apart.
(b) They grow the biggest pumpkins each year.
(c) They breed hunting dogs.
(d) They are whiskey bootleggers.

9. What is the name of the circus which lost the monkeys?
(a) Ringling Brothers Circus.
(b) Janitz Brothers Circus.
(c) Morrow Brothers Circus.
(d) Johnson Brothers Circus.

10. What does Grandpa give to Jay Berry after he catches the monkeys?
(a) A dollar.
(b) A bag of candy.
(c) A fishing pole.
(d) A soda pop.

11. What worries Jay Berry during the bad weather?
(a) The monkeys will slip on the ice.
(b) The monkeys will drown.
(c) The ice will cover his traps.
(d) Rowdy will get sick.

12. What does Grandma give to Jay Berry to take home to his family?
(a) Freshly baked bread.
(b) Two apple pies.
(c) A bag of money.
(d) A new Bible.

13. What does Jay Berry do when he finds the monkeys all cold and wet?
(a) He goes home to get bath towels to dry them.
(b) Makes them run around to dry off.
(c) Moves them into the sun to dry.
(d) He blows on them to dry their fur.

14. What does Jay Berry's family do on three nights each week?
(a) Read the Bible.
(b) Read stories.
(c) Play musical instruments.
(d) Make ice cream.

15. The book the librarian told Grandpa and Jay Berry about suggested using _______________ for bait.
(a) Coconuts.
(b) Bananas.
(c) Cherries.
(d) Bacon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the woman who serves breakfast to Jay Berry at the hotel?

2. Where does Daisy find a fairy ring?

3. What does Daisy do during the bad weather?

4. Daisy claims that the character she sees outside the window is sending them ____________________.

5. Where does Grandpa take Jay Berry where Jay Berry has never been before?

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