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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. Of what is Ned afraid if his dad learns of the rifle incident?
(a) That his dad will never give him the rifle.
(b) That his dad will beat him.
(c) That his father will be disappointed in him.
(d) That his dad will tell his mother.

2. What still worries Ned after he returns home from Mr. Scully's house?
(a) His father's bad back.
(b) His mother's new treatment.
(c) Doris not seeing her father more often.
(d) The one-eyed cat.

3. Who is Hilary?
(a) Ned's grandfather.
(b) Ned's uncle.
(c) Ned's across-the-street neighbor.
(d) Ned's cousin.

4. What does Ned decide about Charleston?
(a) He wants to go but not until the summer.
(b) He wants to go but only for the day.
(c) He does not want to go.
(d) He will do whatever his father tells him to do.

5. Why doesn't Ned visit his mother one day?
(a) She has gone to the city for a new treatment.
(b) He is too busy working at the church.
(c) He is ill.
(d) She is too ill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ned lose interest in after using it once?

2. Why does Mrs. Scallop cry?

3. How does Mrs. Scallop often refer to herself?

4. About what does Ned worry when he gets back to his room with his presents?

5. Where does Ned get the bronze goat he has in his room?

(see the answer key)

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