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

2. In what area of the country does Ned and his family live?
(a) The Hudson River Valley.
(b) The coastal region of Georgia.
(c) The Pochonos.
(d) The Appalachians of Kentucky.

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

4. Why does Ned think his father will be upset with him?
(a) If Ned refuses to take the safety class.
(b) If Ned says he does not want to go with Hilary.
(c) If his father learns that he intentionally broke his sister's doll.
(d) If his father learns of his night visit to the woods.

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 attic.
(c) That he has bested a brigand in a sword duel.
(d) Someone watching him from the woods.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of potatoes does Mrs. Brewster serve?

3. When does he want to take Ned?

4. What do many people lose during the Great Depression?

5. What does James Wallis tell his son to refrain from when at the Brewster's home?

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