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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After coffee and a smoke, Ben tells Jerome...
(a) He will help him any time
(b) He has to leave for school
(c) He wants to be part of the circus
(d) Thanks for watching his sister

2. Jerome needs a walk, but he sits, instead, because...
(a) He cannot leave the baby skunks
(b) He is too weary to walk
(c) He is afraid the raccoons will eat his mattress
(d) He is waiting for company

3. Who is Emma Lou Eppy?
(a) A hunter who stops by to visit
(b) A college student who is studying Jerome Kildee
(c) The only girl in the neighboring Eppy family of nine
(d) A park ranger who keeps an eye on the property

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

5. It worries Jerome that Donald might...
(a) Step on the baby raccoons
(b) Take away all the animals
(c) Encounter Emma Lou on his visits
(d) Report him again to Hinkle

Short Answer Questions

1. Jerome begins to be aware of the fact that...

2. What drew Cilly to the ramshackle house in the grove?

3. Jerome thinks that Old Grouch is...

4. What does Emma Lou discover in the blackberry patch?

5. Jim Hinkle wants Jerome to...

(see the answer key)

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