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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. Who had given the farmland to Jay Berry's parents?

2. What does Jay Berry tell Papa about the monkeys?

3. Grandpa learns that the $100 monkey's name is _______________.

4. What happens to Jay Berry as he runs home, away from the monkeys?

5. What does Jay Berry dream about in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jay Berry end up doing when he goes after the family milk cow which has escaped one day?

2. Describe Jay Berry's parents.

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

4. What does Rowdy tree when he and Jay Berry are exploring the bottoms

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

6. Describe how the big monkey outwits Jay Berry's traps for a second time.

7. What does Jay Berry's Grandpa tell him about the monkeys?

8. How does Grandpa tell Jay Berry to try to trap the monkey with the net?

9. What do Jay Berry's parents think when he tells them about the monkeys?

10. Explain how the big monkey outwits Jay Berry and his traps.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the greatest lesson Jay Berry learns from his father? Is it true that important lessons are also painful ones? What will Jay Berry always recall about his father from their experiences during the summer of the monkeys?

Essay Topic 2

What is the greatest lesson Jay Berry learns from his grandfather? Is it true that important lessons are also painful ones? What will Jay Berry always recall about his grandfather from their experiences during the summer of the monkeys?

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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