Ereth's Birthday

Question 1

How did the mother fox die?

Answer 1

The mother fox died because she got caught in a hunters trap.

Question 2

Why did Ereth go into the woods?

Answer 2

He went into the woods because he thought poppy forgot about his birthday.

Question 3

Why was poppy not there when Ereth woke up on his birthday?

Answer 3

Poppy was planning a suprise party for Ereth.

Question 4

When Ereth heard the Yelp from the forest what was he doing?

Answer 4

Ereth was In the pursuit of salt.

Question 5

What was the fox cubs strategy to not step on the traps?

Answer 5

They rolled a snowball so every time the snowball hit a trap it would set the trap off.

Question 6

When did Marty the Fisher attack?

Answer 6

When Ereth was on the way back to poppy.

Question 7

Who saved Ereth when he was getting attacked by Marty the Fisher?

Answer 7

Ereth got saved by the fox cubs.

Question 8

Why was the father fox gone every so often?

Answer 8

He was taking care of business

Question 9

Who was stalking Ereth when he ventured into the forest?

Answer 9

Ereth was getting stalked by Marty the Fisher.

Question 10

What did poppy surprise Ereth with when he came back from his journey.

Answer 10

A large lump of salt.

Question 11

What is Ereth’s favorite food?

Answer 11

salt

Question 12

Where did Ereth go to find salt?

Answer 12

To the humans

Question 13

Why does Ereth not like poppy’s children?

Answer 13

The children thought Ereth was funny.

Question 14

What did poppy surprise Ereth with on his birthday?

Answer 14

A chunk of salt

Question 15

When did Ereth have the most amount salt in his life?

Answer 15

When a big chunk of salt broke near a farm.

Question 16

How did the fox cubs not get caught in the traps?

Answer 16

they rolled snowballs so that the traps would go of for the snowballs and not the cubs.

Question 17

Who saved Ereth from Marty the fisher?

Answer 17

The fox cubs

Question 18

Why did mother fox die?

Answer 18

She got caught in one of the traps.

Question 19

Why was poppy gone when Ereth woke up on his birthday?

Answer 19

She was planning a surprise birthday for Ereth.

Question 20

Why did Ereth go into the woods?

Answer 20

To find himself a birthday house

Question 21

Why was Ereth going to the log cabin?

Answer 21

He wanted salt for his birthday.

Question 22

Why did Ereth end up taking care of the kits?

Answer 22

He found the dying fox and she asked him to take care of her kits.

Question 23

What were some of Ereth’s characteristics?

Answer 23

Old, grumpy, and lonely

Question 24

Why was Ereth so grumpy?

Answer 24

He was very lonely and didn’t have much happiness in his life.

Question 25

What did Ereth think of the kit’s father?

Answer 25

He thought he did not give the kits the proper care.

Question 26

Why did Ereth go to the kits’ den?

Answer 26

The kits’ mother had been very ill and died from a trap that the humans set.

Question 27

Why was Ereth upset when he walked out of his log on his birthday?

Answer 27

Poppy was getting Ereth’s favorite treat, salt, for his birthday, making Ereth feel like everyone forgot about his birthday.

Question 28

Why was Marty the Fisher roaming the woods?

Answer 28

Marty was tracking down Ereth. Porcupine is his favorite food, and he believes that they are very simple to capture.

Question 29

Why is Bounder uncomfortable about Ereth taking care of his kits?

Answer 29

Bounder was once hunting for a mouse and went inside of Ereth’s log. Ereth got very angry about Bounder entering his log, and told him to leave right away.

Question 30

What was the setting when Marty the Fisher finally lowered Ereth?

Answer 30

Ereth was at the hunters’ log cabin up on the window sill trying to get the salt from inside the cabin.

Question 31

How was Marty the Fisher taken away from his prey at the end of the book?

Answer 31

Marty the Fisher accidentally trapped himself in one of the traps which the hunters set. Ereth did not rescue him, and in minutes the hunters found Marty trapped in the cage.

Question 32

Why did Ereth decide to leave his log in the beginning of the book?

Answer 32

Ereth believed that since everyone forgot about his birthday, he could go in search of his favorite treat, salt, for himself. He decided to head north to a log cabin.

Question 33

What did Ereth and the kits do to be able to find food safely without getting caught in one of the hunters’ traps?

Answer 33

Ereth and the kits made snowballs to roll around the bluff to find the traps and to be ale to hunt safely.

Question 34

How did Bounder find out that Ereth was taking care of his kits?

Answer 34

Marty the Fisher told Bounder that Ereth was taking care of the kits because his wife passed away. Bounder was not sure that Marty was telling the truth because he does not have Marty’s trust. Bounder was on the other side of Dimwood forest when he heard this news, so he started his journey back to his den as soon as he was told.

Question 35

Why did Ereth sleep in a tree near the kits’ den the night that he left them?

Answer 35

Bounder told Ereth that they should be gone by the time he comes back from playing with his kits. Ereth never got to say good-bye to them, so he decided to stay up in a tree near their den that night, hoping that they would come to him to say their good-byes.