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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. Who takes care of the noises in the wall?
2. During this first visit with Jerome, Emma Lou...
3. Why does Emma Lou's brother, Ben, pay a visit to Jerome?
4. To what strange place does Mrs. Grouch move her children?
5. What tasty dessert did Jerome make for Emma Lou?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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.
2. Discuss the sense of mourning in the house over Charmine's demise.
3. To what is Jerome referring, when he tells Old Grouch, "I have missed much."
4. Why is it nerve-wracking for Donald Roger to show up at Jerome's house in this chapter?
5. When Jerome wakes up, the little fawn is hungry. What makes this passage humorous?
6. Why would a person use a store window for the front of his home?
7. Why does Jerome consider taking a floorboard out?
8. What does Jerome assume about the status of Papa skunk when the new babies arrive?
9. Although Jerome is proud of the fireplace he built, he has walled up his stonemason's tools inside. Discuss why that might be.
10. What gives Jerome happiness in this first chapter of the story?
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
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
Written in 1948, Montgomery mentions Kildee's use of Dutch Cleanser and Clorox bleach. These products are still available to American consumers. However, there is much that has changed since this story was written. Comb through the story and find at least three examples of ideas and things that would be out of place if this story were written today. Compare and contrast Montgomery's story with a similar story that might be written today. You may need to do some research on the region of the northern California Redwoods.
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