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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 go after the household is in bed?
(a) To the basement.
(b) Outside to try to catch a raccoon.
(c) Outside to catch frogs.
(d) To retrieve his present.

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

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

4. When does he want to take Ned?
(a) Just before planting time.
(b) Over Christmas vacation.
(c) During Spring break.
(d) After fall harvest.

5. Who is Cosmo?
(a) The family bull.
(b) The horse Ned's mother used to own.
(c) The barnyard rooster.
(d) The family goat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Scallop sometimes lapse into?

2. How many housekeepers has the Wallis family had, including the present one?

3. What causes Ned both great anxiety and excitement?

4. What does Ned lose interest in after using it once?

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

(see the answer key)

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