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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters I and II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ned walk by where his mother used to keep her horse?
(a) The old stable near the lake.
(b) The back pasture.
(c) Stables on what is now someone else's property.
(d) The old barn.

2. In what decades is the novel set?
(a) 1930s.
(b) 1950s.
(c) 1940s.
(d) 1920s.

3. Where does Ned get the bronze goat he has in his room?
(a) His father had it as a child.
(b) Hilary got it in Greece.
(c) He found it at a secondhand shop.
(d) His mother had it as a child.

4. Where does Hilary want to take Ned?
(a) Nashville.
(b) Savannah.
(c) Nag's Head.
(d) Atlanta.

5. Who does Ned knows that lives in New York City?
(a) His maternal grandmother.
(b) His great-grandmother.
(c) His great-aunt.
(d) His uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what area of the country does Ned and his family live?

2. What is Powerful Katinka?

3. What magazine does Ned love?

4. What does Mrs. Scallop sometimes lapse into?

5. Why does Ned not like dining with members of the congregation?

(see the answer key)

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