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

2. What emotion seems to be just below the surface of Mrs. Scallop?
(a) Self-righteousness.
(b) Joy.
(c) Anger.
(d) Depression.

3. 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 tell his mother.
(c) That his dad will beat him.
(d) That his father will be disappointed in him.

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

5. What does Ned leave out on the porch at Mr. Scully's?
(a) A rat trap.
(b) Bread and milk.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Bird seed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Cosmo?

2. What does Mr. Scully never use?

3. What does Ned imagine as he is outside at night?

4. In what decades is the novel set?

5. What does Mama give Ned for his birthday?

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