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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What characteristic makes Jerome Kildee want to live in the middle of the forest?
(a) He is a silent man
(b) He is speech impaired
(c) He is afraid of people
(d) He is a forager

2. What drew Cilly to the ramshackle house in the grove?
(a) The ambience
(b) Big windows
(c) Wooden floors
(d) The smell of wildlife

3. When the Eppy family arrived in the redwood forest, they were a family of
(a) Five
(b) Three
(c) Four
(d) Six

4. Where are Jerome's stonecutting tools?
(a) In a cupboard
(b) Buried nearby
(c) Behind the last stone in the fireplace
(d) In a knot in the redwood tree

5. What made Emma Lou finally decide to go to Jerome's door?
(a) He invited her for lunch
(b) He smiled at her in the post office
(c) She liked the look of his front window
(d) Her anger gave her the courage to go

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Emma Lou do while she walks alone in the woods?

3. Emma Lou probably gets her tough-guy attitude from...

4. What is the lifestyle change that Jerome makes when he moves to his hundred acres in the woods?

5. By chewing up his letters, what do the mice accomplish for Jerome?

(see the answer key)

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