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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. What does Ned believe about his mother and Hilary?
(a) They have a special understanding.
(b) They can read minds.
(c) They are both pranksters.
(d) They have nothing in common.

2. Why does Ned not mind listening to Mr. Scully ramble?
(a) He gives Ned money.
(b) He knows a lot about exotic countries.
(c) He does not know he is rambling.
(d) Mr. Scully is likeable.

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

4. What does Doris send Mr. Scully about once a month?
(a) Pictures of her and the family.
(b) A box of cookies.
(c) A long letter.
(d) A postcard.

5. Where do Ned and his father eat supper on the Sunday before Ned's birthday?
(a) The Brewsters.
(b) At a diner.
(c) The Thortons.
(d) At home for once.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Ned refrain from saying to his mother?

3. What does James Wallis tell his son to refrain from when at the Brewster's home?

4. Who does Ned knows that lives in New York City?

5. What does Hilary give Ned for his birthday?

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