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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jerome check his fireplace before lighting a fire?
(a) He wants to be sure he has used up the wood from the last fire
(b) The family of spotted skunks may be hiding there
(c) A rat resides in the chimney
(d) He wants to be sure the draft is right

2. During this first visit with Jerome, Emma Lou...
(a) Brings her dog, Ma Grady
(b) Demonstrates her large appetite
(c) Remains quiet and withdrawn
(d) Ridicules Jerome for having animals

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

4. The Eppy house was located...
(a) Closer to town
(b) In the local suburbs
(c) In a pasture below the mountains
(d) In a grove of redwoods

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Papa's reaction to the sound of barking is to...

2. What is unique about Jerome's front wndow?

3. How does Old Grouch demonstrate his indifference as a parent?

4. Emma feels that Roger Donald is...

5. Where are Jerome's stonecutting tools?

(see the answer key)

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