Summer of the Monkeys (Chapter 13, pgs. 187-193)

What woke Jay Berry up from his wonderful dream?

• Rowdy barking and scratching at the door.

• Mama telling him that breakfast was ready.

• Daisy pounding on his door with her crutch.

• Jay Berry heard the monkeys making a racket in the river bottoms.

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Why wasn't papa going to do any work in the fields?

• It was too wet from the storm.

• He was too tired to do any work.

• He was going to help Jay Berry catch the monkeys.

• He had to go find Sally Gooden.

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Why didn't mama want Jay Berry to go down to the river bottoms?

• She said she was done with the monkey catching business.

• She had work for him to do.

• She thought it would be too damp and cold down there.

• She needed him to go to grandpa's store.

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What caused Jay Berry to be sick for a month?

• The Old Man of the Mountains put a curse on him.

• He fell into the river.

• He was fixing the pulley on the well and fell in.

• He caught a virus from Rowdy.

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What was Jay Berry going to do when he got older?

• Jay Berry was going to join the circus.

• Jay Berry was going to go way back in the mountains and live in a hollow tree for the rest of his life.

• Jay Berry was going to be a monkey trainer.

• Jay Berry was going to work in grandpa's store.

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What was Rowdy's reaction when he saw where papa and Jay Berry were going?

• He stuck his tail between his legs and went back to the house.

• He ran up to them and started licking them.

• He barked at them over and over again.

• He took off running down to the river bottoms.

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