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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. About whom is Ned often confused?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) Mrs. Scallop.
(d) His best friend.

2. What did Ned feel on the day of the visit with his father years ago that he felt when he went out in the night?
(a) That life was far beyond his comprehension.
(b) That he was being watched.
(c) That he was never going to understand his father.
(d) That he was older than his father realized.

3. What does the narrator say about the Brewster's lifestyle?
(a) It is extravagant for the money the family has.
(b) Typical middle class.
(c) They are very poor.
(d) Very high class and ostentatious but they can afford it.

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

5. What does Ned imagine as he is walking back to the house at night?
(a) That he has saved the family from marauders.
(b) Someone watching him from the woods.
(c) Someone watching him from the attic.
(d) That he has bested a brigand in a sword duel.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does James say Ned can have his present?

2. What does Ned believe about his mother and Hilary?

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

4. What causes Ned both great anxiety and excitement?

5. Where does Ned and his father visit a parishioner years before?

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