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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Through responses to his ads, Donald has learned that...
(a) Spotted skunks are nearly extinct
(b) People definitely don't want skunks
(c) There are a lot of skunk hunters
(d) Raccoons are in high demand

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

3. Jerome knows now that he must do something about...
(a) Emma Lou's frequent visits
(b) The skunks' eating habits
(c) The growing animal population
(d) The feud between the neighbors

4. Officer Hinkle pays Jerome a visit because...
(a) Donald Roger called him about Monarch
(b) Emma Lou is out of hand
(c) The neighbors have been complaining
(d) Donald Roger suspects Jerome of criminal behavior

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

6. When the animals are taken away, Jerome will...
(a) Give Old Grouch to Emma
(b) Only keep Mama skunk
(c) Give them all away gladly
(d) Hold on to Papa, Mama and Old Grouch

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

8. For entertainment, Emma Lou...
(a) Plays the fiddle
(b) Dances and sings
(c) Lights the tree candles
(d) Has the skunks perform tricks

9. Donald apologizes to Jerome for having been...
(a) Late
(b) Nasty
(c) Noisy
(d) Jealous

10. Emma has to convince Officer Hinkle that...
(a) Monarch loves people
(b) Monarch was an orphan
(c) Monarch's life was in danger
(d) Monarch's mother had left him

11. The weather for Jerome's Christmas party is...
(a) Sunny and warm
(b) Clear and cold
(c) Rainy
(d) Snowy

12. Jerome wants to consider...
(a) Teaching the animals some manners
(b) Starting up the circus
(c) Showing the animals the door
(d) Separating the skunks and raccoons

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Emma sees the corn cobs on the floor and...

2. Jerome decides to give Emma...

3. The Eppys have brought with them to Jerome's house...

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

5. Emma Lou promises to return at 7 p.m. to...

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