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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has been different about the MacDonald family since the evening Burton brought the dead badger over?
(a) Everyone is mad at Ben.
(b) Ben is getting much less attention.
(c) Ben is getting much more attention.
(d) Nothing has changed.

2. Who does Ben see on a horse in the distance that sends him scurrying for the burrow in Chapter Eight?
(a) Esther.
(b) John.
(c) William.
(d) Burton.

3. When Ben cannot be found after lunch, what do his parents initially think may have happened?
(a) He fell into the well.
(b) He was washed away in the stream.
(c) He got lost in the fields.
(d) He was kidnapped by Burton.

4. Who is the first person to see William and John returning with Ben as Chapter Twelve begins?
(a) Coral.
(b) Burton.
(c) Esther.
(d) Beth.

5. What part of Ben's story does his family find it difficult to believe after his return?
(a) The things he ate.
(b) The badger feeding him.
(c) The way he cleaned the badger's paw.
(d) The death of Lobo.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what point in his relationship with the badger does Ben begin to act like a badger?

2. Why does Ben finally decide to head for home during Chapter Seven?

3. Burton says, when the search party is unable to locate Ben, that the boy must have gone where?

4. What visitor arrives as Chapter Twelve ends?

5. Where is the badger sleeping when Burton arrives at the MacDonald farm in Chapter Thirteen?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has Ben been unresponsive to his family until he is taken into the house after his rescue?

2. Why does the MacDonald family allow the badger to move in with them?

3. What explains the badger's behavior in feeding Ben during Chapter Ten?

4. Why do both William and Ben believe they are responsible for William hitting Ben during the badger skinning?

5. Why does the author make a point of saying that Ben cries for his father at the end of Chapter Eight?

6. Describe the fight between Lobo, Ben, and the badger.

7. Why is the bird in Chapter Seven leading Ben away from the house?

8. What are William's thoughts when Ben asks if the badger will live?

9. Describe the change in the MacDonald family's behavior toward Ben after the incident with Burton's badger, and Ben's response to the change.

10. Why does the search team from North Corners not turn up any sign of Ben in the two days they spend looking?

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