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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. The hungry fawn is very attracted to...

2. What are the raccoons doing that keeps Jerome awake all night?

3. The skunks and Emma Lou are...

4. How does Jerome manage to protect his food?

5. Mama and Papa are taking their babies out at night to...

Short Essay Questions

1. What is different now about Emma Lou's dinner invitation?

2. What makes Jerome feel better about the lonesomeness of his home?

3. What does Jerome assume about the status of Papa skunk when the new babies arrive?

4. Why does Jerome consider taking a floorboard out?

5. Why is it nerve-wracking for Donald Roger to show up at Jerome's house in this chapter?

6. How does Emma Lou know the mountain lion is gone? Why doesn't she tell Jerome?

7. What gives Jerome happiness in this first chapter of the story?

8. How does Jerome deal with the rats who have nested in his wall?

9. After carving Charmine's gravestone, what is Jerome inspired to do next? Why?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is Jerome simply a former stonecutter? Discuss how his true talents come out in his old age, and what inspires him to become more creative. Why did he not use his creativity as much when he was working? What gap in his life might this new creativity fill?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the reason Jerome sealed his stonecutting tools up in his fireplace. Used for something he had done all of his life, why would he want the tools to be unavailable? Speculate on his feelings about stonecutting when he built his little house, and how they may have changed over time. Try to draw an analogy to this decision of Jerome's.

Essay Topic 3

How does Montgomery deal with the authoritative nature of Jim Hinkle? Is Hinkle an aggressive or over-zealous enforcer of the law? How does Emma Lou's attitude change toward game wardens after spending a day with Jim Hinkle? Why would HInkle come from Santa Cruz all the way up to the redwoods to check on this complaint?

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