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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 barn.
(b) Stables on what is now someone else's property.
(c) The back pasture.
(d) The old stable near the lake.

2. Where does Ned travel that night?
(a) To the back pasture.
(b) To the lake.
(c) To the woods.
(d) To his best friend's house.

3. What are many of the homes like near where Ned lives?
(a) Well kept.
(b) Abandoned.
(c) Crowded with several families per home.
(d) Run down.

4. What does Mrs. Scallop sometimes lapse into?
(a) Periods of joking with Ned.
(b) Periods of bossiness.
(c) Periods of giddy laughter.
(d) Periods of sullen silence.

5. Who is Mrs. Scallop?
(a) The first housekeeper for the Wallis family.
(b) Ned's current teacher.
(c) The next-door neighbor to the Wallis family.
(d) The present housekeeper for the Wallis family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is James Willis upset with Hilary?

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?

3. Of what does Ned feel a little jealous?

4. How does Ned perceive his family life before his mother is ill?

5. Who does Ned knows that lives in New York City?

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