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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Parcel 2, "His Life Ages 12-15".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ned take an alternate way to school?
(a) To avoid teasing.
(b) He is meeting a friend.
(c) He wants an adventure.
(d) The road is destroyed.

2. What does Ned's mother do to him after his father's death?
(a) She sells him off to a bush ranger against his will.
(b) She orders him off her property, since he kills his father.
(c) She make him become the man of the house against his will.
(d) She gives him away, and he is adopted by an Irish family.

3. Who is the school bully who hears a story about Ned's father and passes it around?
(a) Red Kelly.
(b) Michael O'Connor.
(c) Dick Shelton.
(d) Patchy Moran.

4. Who finds a dress and some face paint?
(a) Red.
(b) Patchy.
(c) Ellen.
(d) Maggie.

5. Of what does Ellen Quinn decide the family should be taking advantage?
(a) The death of Red.
(b) The Duffy Land Act.
(c) The Embargo Act.
(d) The money from Dick Shelton's family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Although he is young, what does Ned quickly prove?

2. It is an eyewitness account starting when?

3. What does Ellen tell her sons when she picks them up?

4. Who visits the home, and it is suggested that he makes an advance on Ellen? She responds by slapping him and calling him a coward.

5. What do Turk Morrison, Bill Frost, Alex Gunn, and the infamous Harry Power have in common?

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