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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Emma Lou has skills that Jerome does not have, including...
(a) Spelling and grammar
(b) Surviving through the winter
(c) Knowledge of how to get rid of skunk smell
(d) The ability to set up a camp

2. Emma Lou's solution to Jerome's problems is to...
(a) Put up fencing
(b) Turn the fawn out into the woods
(c) Build a corral
(d) Build a wing onto the house

3. What appeals to Jerome about Emma?
(a) Her red hair
(b) She is not a typical girl
(c) Her laugh
(d) Her demure nature

4. Why did Donald Roger pay a visit to Jerome?
(a) To get some ideas for building a shack
(b) To look at the inside of the cabin
(c) To discuss Emma Lou's rage toward him
(d) To pay him for the racoon his dog killed

5. What is keeping Jerome awake at night?
(a) The skunks crying for food
(b) The noise from rats in the wall
(c) The sounds of the racoons
(d) Owls hooting overhead

Short Answer Questions

1. What characteristic makes Jerome Kildee want to live in the middle of the forest?

2. How did Charmine punish the runt of her litter?

3. How do Mr. and Mrs. Grouch respond to Jerome's talking?

4. Why does Emma Lou's brother, Ben, pay a visit to Jerome?

5. When Emma threatens to bring a rifle...

Short Essay Questions

1. Jerome tells Old Grouch that he dealt with sad people. What was so sad about Jerome's profession?

2. What gives Jerome happiness in this first chapter of the story?

3. Why would a person use a store window for the front of his home?

4. Why is it nerve-wracking for Donald Roger to show up at Jerome's house in this chapter?

5. What breaks the ice between Jerome Kildee and Emma Lou Eppy?

6. What can we learn about the Eppy family, based on the description of their arrival at the redwood grove which would become their home?

7. What makes Emma so contentious and determined to battle with Donald Cabot?

8. What is different now about Emma Lou's dinner invitation?

9. How does Emma Lou know the mountain lion is gone? Why doesn't she tell Jerome?

10. When Jerome wakes up, the little fawn is hungry. What makes this passage humorous?

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