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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jerome feel about Emma arming herself with a rifle?
(a) He hopes she is a good shot
(b) It is worrisome to him
(c) He wants to see her hit her target
(d) He hopes it will help fend off Donald Roger

2. What are Mr. Grouch's least agreeable characteristics?
(a) He is selfish and lazy
(b) He is a slow mover
(c) He sleeps all day
(d) He is fat and hungry

3. Emma Lou has been helping her mother, Cilly, by...
(a) Cooking breakfast
(b) Hanging out clothes
(c) Scrubbing floors
(d) Turning the washer ringer

4. The figure of Charmine on the stone looks like Charmine when she...
(a) Went on guard to protect her babies
(b) Stalked prey for food
(c) Tried to wake Jerome in the morning for breakfast
(d) Peeked over the edge of her box at Jerome

5. What change does Jerome make in the presence of Mr. and Mrs. Grouch?
(a) He fixes better meals so he can share with them
(b) He learns how to sing like animals
(c) He begins to talk about himself and his past
(d) He sleeps better when they are there

6. What kinds of foods does Jerome provide for the animals?
(a) Cakes and cereal
(b) Fruit and vegetables
(c) Raw potatoes and carrots
(d) Eggs and Spam

7. Why does Emma Lou dislike the other neighbor, Donald?
(a) He is mean and aggressive
(b) He does not respect women
(c) He is cold to Jerome Kildee
(d) His dog kills wildlife

8. What is the history of Jerome's stonecutting business?
(a) His grandfather and father had both owned it
(b) He worked there as an apprentice for his uncle
(c) He was employed by the funeral home
(d) His grandfather employed him

9. Who is Mr. Grouch?
(a) A big rat in the wall
(b) A neighbor at the foot of the mountain
(c) A spotted skunk
(d) The male raccoon who lives in the redwood tree

10. Emma feels that Roger Donald is...
(a) A good friend
(b) A terrorist
(c) A wildlife lover
(d) A murderer

11. How is Jerome able to tolerate skunks in the house?
(a) They keep him warm at night
(b) They listen to him talk
(c) They are polite and do not want to stay
(d) They do not use their weapons on him

12. Who is Ben Eppy?
(a) Emma's father
(b) Emma's brother in law
(c) An uncle to Emma
(d) The Eppys' youngest son

13. Emma is teaching the young skunks to...
(a) Form a single line
(b) Hunt for their own food
(c) Eat outdoors
(d) Perform circus tricks

14. Jerome secretly assumes that the Eppy family has...
(a) Too many children
(b) A criminal background
(c) Been poaching deer
(d) Many hounds for hunting

15. Emma Lou's mother is...
(a) Silly
(b) Sally
(c) Cilly
(d) Millie

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Emma Lou's intention is to use her rifle to...

3. What does Jerome regret about the people he encountered in his work?

4. When the Eppy family arrived in the redwood forest, they were a family of

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

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