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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ned Kelly takes place in some competitions early such as riding and the long jump that he wins, but what does he realize?
(a) How out of place he is.
(b) He can not win every event.
(c) He is not the athlete he thought he was.
(d) He could win every event.

2. Although he is young, what does Ned quickly prove?
(a) He can work as hard as any man.
(b) He loves his family.
(c) He is a better man than his father ever was.
(d) He is good with horses.

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

4. Why does Ned not like Bill Frost?
(a) Bill knows more about agriculture and land management than Ned.
(b) He is Ellen's suitor.
(c) He pretends to know everything about agriculture and land management.
(d) Ned has to work harder when Bill is around.

5. How old is George King?
(a) About the same age as Ned.
(b) About the same age as Red would be.
(c) About the same age as Ellen.
(d) About the same age as Bill.

6. 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.
(a) Sergeant O'Neil.
(b) Red Kelly.
(c) Michael O'Connor.
(d) Patchy Moran.

7. Harry Power says, "forget your mamma. There ain't no happiness for neither of us at Eleven Mile Creek." What is significant about this statement?
(a) Harry had forgotten his own mamma.
(b) Harry loves Ned's mamma.
(c) Eleven Mile Creek is the only place they will find happiness.
(d) It is the best piece of advice Ned will receive.

8. Why does everyone but his mother, brothers and sisters hate Ned?
(a) They think he is a traitor.
(b) He killed Bill Frost.
(c) He turned in Harry Power.
(d) He turned in his uncles.

9. Why do Ned and Jem swear a blood oath?
(a) They will murder their mother's suitors.
(b) They do not want the farm to be in complete disarray again.
(c) They will keep their mother and sisters safe.
(d) They will always protect one another.

10. The book is written from whose point of view?
(a) Ned Kelly's.
(b) Mary Kelly's.
(c) Red Kelly's.
(d) Grace Kelly's.

11. Why does Ellen have the baby by herself on the table?
(a) No one else is at home.
(b) She does not want anyone near her.
(c) Red is in the county lock up.
(d) She has a disease which is contagious.

12. How does Ned's honor result in him going to prison for six months?
(a) He is guilty of stealing the McCormicks' horse.
(b) He writes a threatening note to the McCormicks.
(c) He threatens Cons.
(d) He refuses to turn in Ben.

13. To what American is Harry Power compared?
(a) Dick Tracy.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Billy the Kid.
(d) Al Capone.

14. Who is falsely charged with the theft of the watch and gelding?
(a) Uncle Jack Lloyd.
(b) Uncle James.
(c) Ned.
(d) Bill.

15. What do Turk Morrison, Bill Frost, Alex Gunn, and the infamous Harry Power have in common?
(a) They want to help on the farm.
(b) They all love Ellen.
(c) They are criminals.
(d) They are suitors.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does Ellen Quinn decide the family should be taking advantage?

2. To whom is Alex Gunn engaged?

3. What is actually happening as Ned dreams about burning in hell?

4. What does Ned not know, at first, about Officer Fitzpatrick?

5. Why does Ellen attack the banshee with an ax?

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