Summer of the Monkeys

Chapters 1-4

Reading Check

1. Sally Gooden/his milk cow (Chapter 1)

2. 30 (Chapter 2)

3. Her playhouse (Chapter 3)

4. The Old Man of the Mountains (Chapter 3)

5. The chimpanzee (Chapter 4)

Short Answer

1. The story takes place in Oklahoma in the Ozarks on a farm near the Illinois River. (Chapter 1)

2. Daisy tells Jay Berry that the Old Man of the Mountains does not like it when people hurt animals and that the Old Man will curse them if Jay Berry hurts the monkeys. (Chapter 3)

3. Jay Berry wants to purchase a .22 rifle and a pony. (Chapter 2)

Chapters 5-8

Reading Check

1. The chimpanzee (Chapter 5)

2. Papa (Chapter 5)

3. Daisy’s leg surgery (Chapter 6)

4. Gandy (Chapter 6)

5. Two (Chapter 7)

6. Hydrophobia/Rabies (Chapter 8)

Short Answer

1. The chimpanzee and monkeys collectively attack Jay Berry and Rowdy, blocking their path and biting them. (Chapter 7)

2. Grandpa writes to the circus to develop a plan to catch the monkeys. The trainer suggests they should try to make friends with the chimpanzee. (Chapter 8)

Chapters 9-12

Reading Check

1. Apples (Chapter 9)

2. His britches (Chapter 9)

3. Nurse (Chapter 10)

4. The library (Chapters 9-10)

5. Trapping Monkeys in the Jungles of Borneo (Chapter 11)

6. Sally’s next calf (Chapter 12)

Short Answer

1. Grandpa saw a trap design in the book he read in the library that has a trap door and a latch. He plans to lure the monkeys with the coconuts. (Chapter 12)

2. Rowdy does not want to go see the monkeys any longer. The monkeys bit Rowdy when Jay had attempted to catch them before. Jay Berry has to trick him into going along with him. (Chapter 9)

Chapters 13-16

Reading Check

1. Thor, God of Thunder (Chapter 13)

2. The Old Man smiles (Chapter 13)

3. A fairy ring (Chapter 14)

4. The corn crib (Chapter 15)

5. A telegram (Chapter 16)

6. Candy (Chapter 16)

Short Answer

1. The monkeys are cold and wet in the bottoms and need help to stay alive. Jay Berry is able to carry them out of the bottoms; then, Jimbo helps lead them to the corn crib. (Chapter 15)

2. Ben Johnson cries when he sees Jimbo, presumably because he missed him and worried about him. (Chapter 16)

3. Jay Berry begins to wish he will be able to capture the monkeys but changes his mind and wishes for the healing of Daisy’s leg. (Chapter 14)

Chapters 17-19

Reading Check

1. An injured leg (Chapter 17)

2. Daisy’s surgery (Chapter 17)

3. 6 weeks (Chapter 18)

4. Dolly (Chapter 19)

Short Answer

1. Grandpa feels that Jay Berry should use his money for someone who needs it more than himself. (Chapter 17)

2. Grandpa subtly suggests that Jay Berry may have more important things to spend the money on. (Chapter 17)

3. Jay Berry receives his Hamilton .22 from his sister and is given the paint pony by his Grandpa. He has everything he had hoped for earlier in the novel. (Chapter 19)

4. Jay Berry, Mama, and Papa all wished for the healing of Daisy’s leg. Daisy wished for Jay Berry to receive the rifle and pony he wanted. Each of the family members were granted their wishes in the fairy ring. (Chapter 19)