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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the school year, Emma Lou and Donald Roger...
(a) Visit Jerome together
(b) Make peace with one another
(c) Continue with their feuding
(d) Do homework together

2. To find out about shipping the animals, Donald has written to...
(a) A zoo and fur farm
(b) A crating company
(c) A sporting magazine
(d) United parcel service

3. All of the Eppy men, including young Ben, decide to ...
(a) Rest for a while
(b) Interrogate Jerome
(c) Smoke a pipe
(d) Enjoy the tree

4. While Jerome and Emma decorate the house,...
(a) Old Grouch eats the candles
(b) The candles melt down
(c) The skunk family ruins the Christmas tree
(d) Runt climbs the Christmas tree

5. Emma sees the corn cobs on the floor and...
(a) Does not mention them
(b) Cleans them up
(c) Wonders why Jerome has not swept
(d) Is disgusted with poor housekeeping

6. Although Emma Lou wants to buy boots with her money, her mother wants her to...
(a) Buy a winter coat
(b) Save the money
(c) Take the family on a trip
(d) Buy dresses and wear them

7. As a team effort, Donald and Emma Lou share the task of...
(a) Gathering up corn cobs
(b) Mashing the potatoes
(c) Husking the corn and feeding the raccoons
(d) Setting the table

8. Donald stops in a thicket to stare at Emma Lou because...
(a) Realizes she has won
(b) He wants to intimidate her
(c) He admires her yell
(d) Is afraid she will chase him

9. Jerome asks Emma to come the following evening...
(a) To see Monarch
(b) To join him for dinner
(c) To spend time training the skunks
(d) To help him build another door

10. Regarding the Eppys' long walk home,...
(a) Jerome is not worried
(b) Jerome decides to check on them
(c) Jerome frets about their safety
(d) Jerome wishes they had stayed

11. Emma Lou and Jerome decide to...
(a) Clean the house
(b) Clear out the animals
(c) Make popcorn
(d) Make sandwiches

12. The Eppys include the parents, Emma Lou and...
(a) Two sisters
(b) Two hounds
(c) Six brothers
(d) Four brothers

13. Donald arrives at Jerome's house, carrying...
(a) Lunch for everyone
(b) A handful of paper
(c) A bag of corn
(d) Papa skunk

14. On one of his visits, Donald brought...
(a) A hamster wheel
(b) A squirrel cage
(c) A rabbit trap
(d) A raccoon trap

15. To keep Monarch out of the house, Jerome ...
(a) Scolds him loudly
(b) Puts him on a leash
(c) Withholds his food
(d) Builds a gate for the doorway

Short Answer Questions

1. Jerome prepares for the party by...

2. For the first time in many years, Jerome...

3. When Emma is able to prove the mountain lion's existence, she...

4. Emma Lou uses the visit with Hinkle to...

5. Emma Lou wants Jerome to think that the Christmas party...

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