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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When she arrives for dinner, Emma Lou...
(a) Is jolly and full of jokes
(b) Seems more like her old self
(c) Is moody and depressed
(d) Is cold and distant

2. His mood lifted, Jerome asks Donald to...
(a) Stay on for the evening
(b) Come for dinner the next night
(c) Smoke a pipe with him
(d) Bring more food to him

3. Jerome appreciates that the Eppys...
(a) Left their boots outside
(b) Like his animals
(c) Walked a mile in the rain to his house
(d) Are an outspoken bunch

4. Jerome knows it is possible that, at some point...
(a) He will want to work again
(b) The raccoons and skunks will fight
(c) He will be too tired to feed the animals
(d) He will need to move out

5. Emma Lou deduces that...
(a) Donald is up to something
(b) Donald has been visiting Jerome
(c) Donald has taken her place
(d) Jerome is tired of her

6. Emma has to convince Officer Hinkle that...
(a) Monarch was an orphan
(b) Monarch's mother had left him
(c) Monarch loves people
(d) Monarch's life was in danger

7. Jerome remembers how Mrs. Grouch...
(a) Kept her babies outside
(b) Always returned her babies to the oven
(c) Cuddled her babies in her nest
(d) Encouraged her babies to sleep under the bed

8. Donald stops in a thicket to stare at Emma Lou because...
(a) He wants to intimidate her
(b) Realizes she has won
(c) Is afraid she will chase him
(d) He admires her yell

9. The skunks startle and run out the door when...
(a) A huge fire is set in the fireplace
(b) The men get up from their chairs
(c) The Eppy men laugh over their tricks
(d) The Eppy men begin talking loudly

10. The weather for Jerome's Christmas party is...
(a) Rainy
(b) Sunny and warm
(c) Clear and cold
(d) Snowy

11. Responses to Donald's ads have resulted in...
(a) Placement for all the raccoons
(b) Requests for interviews with Jerome
(c) Requests for adoption of Emma Lou
(d) A fad of raising skunks at home

12. As a team effort, Donald and Emma Lou share the task of...
(a) Gathering up corn cobs
(b) Mashing the potatoes
(c) Setting the table
(d) Husking the corn and feeding the raccoons

13. While Jerome and Emma decorate the house,...
(a) Old Grouch eats the candles
(b) The skunk family ruins the Christmas tree
(c) Runt climbs the Christmas tree
(d) The candles melt down

14. Why does Donald not want to fight with Emma Lou?
(a) He knows she is stronger than him
(b) He would never live it down
(c) He is afraid of hurting her
(d) He doesn't want a scene

15. How is the raccoon feeding problem solved?
(a) Jerome discovers they like canned corn
(b) Jerome fixes them boiled eggs
(c) Emma Lou brings them fresh milk
(d) They leave the house to fend for themselves

Short Answer Questions

1. The spotted skunks that Jerome has in his care at this time...

2. As food for the raccoons, Donald has brought...

3. Jerome seems now to be needing...

4. Jerome knows now that he must do something about...

5. On one of his visits, Donald brought...

(see the answer keys)

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