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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. Why does Ned feel safe?
(a) Because he believes strongly in God.
(b) Because Mrs. Scallop is there.
(c) Because his father is a soldier.
(d) Because his father is a minister.

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

3. What magazine does Ned love?
(a) Mad Magazine.
(b) Life.
(c) National Georgraphic.
(d) Scientific American.

4. 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 he was never going to understand his father.
(b) That he was older than his father realized.
(c) That life was far beyond his comprehension.
(d) That he was being watched.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Mrs. Scallop often refer to herself?

3. When does he want to take Ned?

4. Where does Hilary want to take Ned?

5. What does Ned do as his father pays the visit?

(see the answer key)

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