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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Emma's weapon of choice?
2. Emma saves an orphaned deer from being killed by...
3. What is the history of Jerome's stonecutting business?
4. Why does Emma Lou dislike the other neighbor, Donald?
5. Emma Lou probably gets her tough-guy attitude from...
Short Essay Questions
1. When Jerome wakes up, the little fawn is hungry. What makes this passage humorous?
2. Write a short essay about the subtle clues regarding Jerome's life. This is something of a fantasy story, but there are real life elements that are only mentioned in passing. What are they, and what do they indicate?
3. Why does Emma Lou, initially, want to pay a visit to Jerome?
4. What breaks the ice between Jerome Kildee and Emma Lou Eppy?
5. Donald is spying on Jerome Kildee's house from the woods. What might this tell us about the time of history in which the book was written?
6. Why would a person use a store window for the front of his home?
7. To what is Jerome referring, when he tells Old Grouch, "I have missed much."
8. How does Emma Lou know the mountain lion is gone? Why doesn't she tell Jerome?
9. What does Jerome gather from Old Grouch's behavior while the baby skunks are under the house? What might his conclusions reveal about his own past?
10. What can we learn about the Eppy family, based on the description of their arrival at the redwood grove which would become their home?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why does Emma Lou seem to want all of these animals to be at Jerome's? Rather than chasing them away, she wants the families to have nests, and even secretly wants Monarch to live with him. Explore the passages in the story where the author makes it obvious that Emma Lou is encouraging this awkward situation. Is this totally self-centered on her part? Does she care about what Jerome wants?
Essay Topic 2
There are several life lessons implied in this story. In terms of Kildee himself, what has he learned from the animals and children? Are these life lessons normally learned in old age? How could a man go through his life and not learn them until he is elderly? What might the conditions be?
Essay Topic 3
Emma Lou has a full life, but not in the way children do today. Write an essay, gleaning from the story all of her chores and responsibilities. Compare and contrast Emma Lou's school day to today's child, and make a convincing argument for the simple life she lives. How does she spend her free time? Why are her interests focused on nature?
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