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

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

3. Emma Lou gets out her pencil and seven cylinders to...
(a) Give the skunks some stepping stones
(b) Draw a plan for another statute
(c) Show off the tricks she has taught to the skunks
(d) Draw perfect circles on the floor

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

5. When the storm dies down, Jerome's house...
(a) Settles back into place
(b) Is left with cracks and holes
(c) Is leaking water everywhere
(d) Is severely damaged

Short Answer Questions

1. So far, Donald's magazine ads have...

2. Emma Lou wants to take her statue of Old Grouch...

3. At this point, Jerome is housing...

4. Although Emma Lou wants to buy boots with her money, her mother wants her to...

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Emma suspect has become of Monarch? Why?

2. Emma Lou's life is busier than today's students'. Describe her day and compare it to your own.

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

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

5. Briefly summarize up the happy-ending pieces to this story.

6. How does Monarch respond to his new freedom? Is he typical of a deer?

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

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

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

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

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