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

2. Jerome prepares for the party by...
(a) Making punch
(b) Cleaning under the bed
(c) Warming the cabin
(d) Making sandwiches

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

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

5. His mood lifted, Jerome asks Donald to...
(a) Bring more food to him
(b) Come for dinner the next night
(c) Stay on for the evening
(d) Smoke a pipe with him

Short Answer Questions

1. Donald stops in a thicket to stare at Emma Lou because...

2. For entertainment, Emma Lou...

3. Why does Donald not want to fight with Emma Lou?

4. Jerome decides to give Emma...

5. Emma Lou gives Jerome a present for Christmas that...

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Jerome feeling stressful?

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

3. What becomes clear about Donald's need to compete with Emma Lou? What is his problem with her?

4. What can the reader deduce about Jerome's cooking skills? Why?

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

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

7. Why does Donald choose to go to the country school where Emma goes? Does he have hidden motives?

8. What is it about the spotted skunks that is special?

9. When Emma proves that Monarch's mother was killed by a lion, how does she react? How does she feel about her reaction?

10. What activities seem to bring the two kids together? Why?

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