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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters VII and VIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is at the place Hilary intends to visit?
(a) Some pyramid ruins.
(b) Native flowers Hilary wants to study.
(c) A monastery.
(d) A leper colony.

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

4. What do many people lose during the Great Depression?
(a) Their homes.
(b) Their ability to travel extensively.
(c) Their motivation.
(d) Nothing.

5. What does Ned learn about Mr. Scully?
(a) He is expected to die any day.
(b) He is recovering but cannot speak.
(c) He is just starting to speak again.
(d) He is well enough to now move out West.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why doesn't Ned visit his mother one day?

3. How old is Mr. Scully?

4. Where does Ned travel that night?

5. Where does Ned go on the way to school?

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