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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Emma Lou promises to return at 7 p.m. to...
(a) Finish decorating
(b) Put candles on the tree and light them
(c) Put the animals to bed
(d) Eat Christmas dinner

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Regarding the Eppys' long walk home,...

3. Jerome realizes that, secretly, that...

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

5. Emma Lou deduces that...

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jerome decide to give Emma money for Christmas, rather than a gift?

2. Poor Jerome is discouraged. How do we know this?

3. What new thing does the reader learn about Jerome Kildee in this chapter?

4. Discuss what Emma has managed to teach the skunks to do as tricks.

5. Why are Jerome Kildee's nerves frayed at this time? There is more than one reason.

6. Discuss Jerome's scheme. Was he taking a risk? Why, or why not?

7. Discuss Emma Lou's response to the discovery that Donald has been visiting Jerome. How is Jerome affected?

8. Why has Donald come to visit Jerome?

9. With the entire Eppy family present, and the large amounts of food on the table, how has Jerome's small house been transformed?

10. Discuss Donald's idea for solving Jerome's animal population explosion.

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