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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters III and IV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom had the present once belonged?
(a) Mama's brother.
(b) Ned's grandfather.
(c) No one.
(d) Mama's cousin.

2. From what book does Ned's teacher read in honor of Ned's birthday?
(a) The House of Seven Gables.
(b) The Last of the Mohicans.
(c) The Call of the Wild.
(d) Life on the Mississippi.

3. What kind of potatoes does Mrs. Brewster serve?
(a) French fried.
(b) The best in the town.
(c) Unrecognizable.
(d) Lumpy mashed.

4. What does the narrator say about Mr. Scully's bed?
(a) He never uses sheets.
(b) He only uses one sheet.
(c) He sleeps on the floor.
(d) His bed is four feet high.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Ned when his mother becomes ill?

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

3. How many housekeepers has the Wallis family had, including the present one?

4. What does Ned believe about his mother and Hilary?

5. What does Mr. Scully say he does regularly now?

(see the answer key)

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