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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The skunks startle and run out the door when...
(a) A huge fire is set in the fireplace
(b) The Eppy men begin talking loudly
(c) The Eppy men laugh over their tricks
(d) The men get up from their chairs

2. Emma Lou has been eating quite a bit of...
(a) Fresh bread
(b) Rabbit meat
(c) Venison
(d) Chicken

3. Emma Lou deduces that...
(a) Donald is up to something
(b) Jerome is tired of her
(c) Donald has been visiting Jerome
(d) Donald has taken her place

4. To make sure there are no fur farmers among the buyers who want the animals,...
(a) Emma will threaten them with her rifle
(b) Ben Eppy will question them
(c) The Eppys are interviewing every one of them
(d) Donald's father is having them checked out

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

6. Responses to Donald's ads have resulted in...
(a) A fad of raising skunks at home
(b) Placement for all the raccoons
(c) Requests for adoption of Emma Lou
(d) Requests for interviews with Jerome

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

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

9. Donald and Emma Lou are...
(a) Jealous of Old Grouch's attentions
(b) Surprised to see one another
(c) Angry at Jerome for tricking them
(d) Set on training the animals

10. Emma Lou and Donald...
(a) Can't let go of a grudge
(b) Are Jerome's caretakers
(c) Have become good friends
(d) Will always be angry at one another

11. At this point, Jerome is housing...
(a) Twenty-five skunks
(b) Fifteen babies
(c) Twenty-five pack rats
(d) Twenty-five raccoons

12. Jerome remembers how Mrs. Grouch...
(a) Always returned her babies to the oven
(b) Cuddled her babies in her nest
(c) Encouraged her babies to sleep under the bed
(d) Kept her babies outside

13. Why does Donald not want to fight with Emma Lou?
(a) He doesn't want a scene
(b) He is afraid of hurting her
(c) He would never live it down
(d) He knows she is stronger than him

14. When she arrives for dinner, Emma Lou...
(a) Is cold and distant
(b) Seems more like her old self
(c) Is jolly and full of jokes
(d) Is moody and depressed

15. Emma recognizes that Donald has...
(a) Grown to love the wild animals
(b) Done a lot of work on this problem
(c) Helped Jerome in the past
(d) A lot of money

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Jerome not enjoying the spring weather?

3. When the storm dies down, Jerome's house...

4. Jerome asks Emma to come the following evening...

5. Officer Hinkle stays on at Jerome's...

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