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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. Why does the family sleep downstairs one night?
(a) They do not sleep downstairs.
(b) There is a severe storm.
(c) The furnace is broken.
(d) There is a leak in the roof.

2. Where is Ned spending a great deal of time after he recovers?
(a) The Makepeace mansion.
(b) Mr. Scully's house.
(c) The Kimball home.
(d) His bedroom.

3. Why is James Willis upset with Hilary?
(a) James wishes Hilary would not waste money.
(b) James is not upset with Hilary.
(c) James thinks Hilary makes James look bad.
(d) James thinks Ned's birthday gift is not appropriate.

4. What is missing from the yard at Mr. Scully's house?
(a) The trellis.
(b) Several rose bushes.
(c) Mr. Scully's car.
(d) The plow.

5. Who has cake and lemonade in Ned's mother's room?
(a) Ned and his older brother who comes home for the ocassion.
(b) Papa, Ned and Mrs. Scallop.
(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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ned wish about visiting his mother?

2. What does Mr. Scully tell Ned about the one-eyed cat?

3. Where does Ned realize his father is taking his present?

4. In what decades is the novel set?

5. About what does Ned ask Mrs. Kinball?

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