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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters V and VI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has cake and lemonade in Ned's mother's room?
(a) Just Ned and Mrs. Scallop as his father has been called out to a death.
(b) Papa, Ned and Mrs. Scallop.
(c) Just Ned as his father has been called out to a death.
(d) Ned and his older brother who comes home for the ocassion.

2. What does Ned notice leading up to the shed?
(a) Mr. Scully's footprints in the snow.
(b) Mountain lion prints.
(c) Bear prints.
(d) Mr. Scully's footprints in the mud.

3. Who is Mrs. Scallop?
(a) The present housekeeper for the Wallis family.
(b) The next-door neighbor to the Wallis family.
(c) The first housekeeper for the Wallis family.
(d) Ned's current teacher.

4. What does Hilary promise to Ned?
(a) To let him know when vacation plans are finalized.
(b) To bring him home early if he gets homesick.
(c) To teach him to deep sea fish.
(d) To take him to visit an aunt Ned has never met.

5. Why is Ned particularly excited about traveling with Hilary?
(a) He gets to do something that his brother does not.
(b) He can backpack in the mountains.
(c) Ned has never traveled before.
(d) He gets to do something that his sister does not.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ned and his father visit a parishioner years before?

2. Who is Billy Gaskell?

3. What does Ned clear out of Mr. Scully's attic?

4. What does Ned imagine as he is walking back to the house at night?

5. What does Papa notice when he and Ned are trimming the Christmas tree?

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