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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 kinds of foods does Jerome provide for the animals?
2. Runt's new partner is...
3. Emma Lou's mother is...
4. What does Emma Lou do while she walks alone in the woods?
5. During this first visit with Jerome, Emma Lou...
Short Essay Questions
1. What can we learn about the Eppy family, based on the description of their arrival at the redwood grove which would become their home?
2. After carving Charmine's gravestone, what is Jerome inspired to do next? Why?
3. There is a telling sentence about Jerome's relationships with women in the description of Emma Lou. Do a close reading and discuss some possible meanings.
4. Why would a person use a store window for the front of his home?
5. Why does Strong Heart come barking toward Jerome's house? What happens to him?
6. To what is Jerome referring, when he tells Old Grouch, "I have missed much."
7. 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?
8. What makes Emma so contentious and determined to battle with Donald Cabot?
9. Discuss Jerome's camping experience.
10. Discuss the sense of mourning in the house over Charmine's demise.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Jerome Kildee is a lonely man. Do you think he is lonely by choice? Do you think he is socially distant because of the kind of work he has done? What kind of person purposely attempts to be reclusive?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Emma Lou and Donald bring a lot of tension and worry to Jerome's formerly peaceful life. Identify it and describe what it is that causes him to be "fussed" much of the time. Is their friendship worth it to Jerome? How do they add to his life? What do they take from his life?
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