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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What letter is oddly added or removed from words in Sergeant Samways's speech?
(a) H.
(b) J.
(c) N.
(d) M.

2. What is Mr. Hazell's first name?
(a) Victor.
(b) William.
(c) Homer.
(d) James.

3. What kind of birds have nests lined with dry mud and five eggs of blue speckled with black dots, according to Danny in Chapter 12?
(a) Parakeets.
(b) Song-thrushes.
(c) Starlings.
(d) Doves.

4. What color is Captain Lancaster's hair?
(a) Red.
(b) Blond.
(c) Gray.
(d) Black.

5. How many pheasants have Danny and his father bagged from Hazell Wood on their poaching excursion?
(a) 120.
(b) 150.
(c) 140.
(d) 200.

6. What did Danny and his best friend discover the headmaster pouring into his water glass in Chapter 12?
(a) Water.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Gin.
(d) Vodka.

7. In Chapter 16, Danny's father laments that he did not test out the raisins on what?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Danny.
(c) Geese.
(d) Roosters.

8. Where do the birds end up flying in Chapter 20?
(a) The opposite direction of Hazell's Wood.
(b) Toward Danny's father's caravan.
(c) Toward the direction of Hazell's Wood.
(d) Toward London.

9. How far does Mr. Hazell accuse Danny's father of enticing his pheasants in Chapter 20?
(a) 10 yards.
(b) 6 miles.
(c) 2 miles.
(d) 50 feet.

10. Why does Mr. Hazell become upset when the pheasants get rustled up to flying in Chapter 20?
(a) Because they cover his car.
(b) Because they fly away from the woods.
(c) Because they begin attacking his dog.
(d) Because they attack him.

11. What is the date that Danny and his father pull off the poaching heist?
(a) September 29.
(b) October 1.
(c) September 30.
(d) November 1.

12. Danny's father states in Chapter 18 that when they roast pheasants, they will put what over the breasts of the birds while baking them?
(a) Butter.
(b) Aluminum foil.
(c) Wax.
(d) Bacon.

13. What animal does Danny's father describe as the bravest of all animals in Chapter 12?
(a) The weasel.
(b) The badger.
(c) The mountain goat.
(d) The fox.

14. In whose honor was Danny's school building erected, according to the plaque over the door?
(a) King James II.
(b) King Edward VII.
(c) King Edward III.
(d) Queen Elizabeth I.

15. What does Danny say he thinks his father could have been great as if he had had good schooling in Chapter 12?
(a) A schoolteacher.
(b) A banker.
(c) A photographer.
(d) A naturalist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the truck loaded with that passes Mrs. Clipstone on the road in Chapter 19?

2. What does Danny's father call Mr. Hazell in Chapter 20?

3. About how long does Danny say it takes him and his father to complete each raisin in Chapter 13?

4. When Danny's father gets excited about the Sleeping Beauty maneuver in Chapter 11, he imagines the pheasants falling from the trees like what?

5. What do Danny and his father enjoy after returning home from their poaching excursion in Chapter 18?

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