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

Multiple Choice Questions

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(b) Remains quiet and withdrawn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

2. When Donald Roger hears Emma Lou approaching the cabin, he...
(a) Runs out into the woods
(b) Hides under the table
(c) Hides under Jerome's bed
(d) Climbs up into the chimney

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

4. Strong Heart intends to eat Papa, however...
(a) Papa tricks him
(b) Papa sprays him
(c) Papa runs faster
(d) Papa cowers under the bed

5. When Emma threatens to bring a rifle...
(a) Jerome becomes excited
(b) Jerome hides
(c) Jerome is alarmed
(d) Jerome is relieved

6. Emma saves an orphaned deer from being killed by...
(a) Strong Heart
(b) Raccoons
(c) A cougar
(d) Roger Donald

7. Emma Lou's solution to Jerome's problems is to...
(a) Build a wing onto the house
(b) Put up fencing
(c) Turn the fawn out into the woods
(d) Build a corral

8. Runt's new partner is...
(a) As big as Old Grouch
(b) Mean and snappish
(c) Very hungry
(d) Lazy and slow

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

10. Jerome is a bit worried at the end of this chapter because...
(a) The baby raccoons have not returned
(b) Old Grouch has not awakened
(c) The baby skunks are under the bed
(d) His pack rats have gone silent

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

12. Now that Mrs. Grouch is gone, who will have to care for the children?
(a) Papa
(b) Mr. Grouch
(c) Emma Lou
(d) Jerome

13. How does Mr. Grouch get in and out of the house?
(a) He comes up from under the floor
(b) Jerome lets him in and out
(c) He learns how to knock on the door
(d) Jerome builds a small, swinging door for him

14. What does Emma Lou do while she walks alone in the woods?
(a) She cries
(b) She makes up rhymes
(c) She hunts for owls
(d) She thinks about things

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Jerome finds that the baby deer is a...

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

3. Moving Runt's box requires Jerome to...

4. What made Emma Lou finally decide to go to Jerome's door?

5. What does Emma Lou use for a weapon?

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