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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters III and IV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what does Ned lie to his mama?
(a) The need to write a poem about autumn.
(b) Nothing.
(c) The need to have a new notebook for school.
(d) The need to stay after school for the week.

2. What does Mr. Scully never use?
(a) Telephone.
(b) Razor.
(c) Electricity.
(d) Shower.

3. Who is Hilary?
(a) Ned's grandfather.
(b) Ned's across-the-street neighbor.
(c) Ned's cousin.
(d) Ned's uncle.

4. Who has cake and lemonade in Ned's mother's room?
(a) Just Ned as his father has been called out to a death.
(b) Just Ned and Mrs. Scallop as his father has been called out to a death.
(c) Ned and his older brother who comes home for the ocassion.
(d) Papa, Ned and Mrs. Scallop.

5. What do Ned and Mr. Scully watch in the yard through the window?
(a) A pair of jays fighting.
(b) A neighbor's new puppy.
(c) A feral cat.
(d) A robin pulling a worm out of the ground.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what decades is the novel set?

2. Why does Ned fluster Evelyn?

3. What does Ned clear out of Mr. Scully's attic?

4. What does Ned think of his present from Mrs. Scallop?

5. What does Mama give Ned for his birthday?

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