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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. Where does Ned walk by where his mother used to keep her horse?
(a) The old stable near the lake.
(b) Stables on what is now someone else's property.
(c) The back pasture.
(d) The old barn.

2. What is Powerful Katinka?
(a) A advertising character.
(b) A cartoon character.
(c) A vacuum cleaner.
(d) A teenage girl down the street from Ned.

3. Why does the family sleep downstairs one night?
(a) They do not sleep downstairs.
(b) There is a severe storm.
(c) The furnace is broken.
(d) There is a leak in the roof.

4. Why is James Willis upset with Hilary?
(a) James wishes Hilary would not waste money.
(b) James thinks Ned's birthday gift is not appropriate.
(c) James is not upset with Hilary.
(d) James thinks Hilary makes James look bad.

5. About what does Ned worry when he gets back to his room with his presents?
(a) If his father will get back in time for his birthday dinner.
(b) If his brother will have to leave again for the Army.
(c) If his mother got too tired during the birthday celebration.
(d) If he was seen the night before out with the rifle.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does he want to take Ned?

2. What does Ned decide about Charleston?

3. 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?

4. What does Ned imagine as he is outside at night?

5. In what decades is the novel set?

(see the answer key)

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