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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. What does Evelyn Kimball say she saw when Ned and his friends are talking?
(a) Her best friend kissing a boy down the street.
(b) A bear.
(c) The one-eyed cat.
(d) A panther.

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

3. What does Ned clear out of Mr. Scully's attic?
(a) Mice.
(b) Boxes.
(c) Spiders.
(d) Bats.

4. What does Ned wish about visiting his mother?
(a) That it wasn't so glum.
(b) He could do so whenever he wants.
(c) That she didn't ask him so many questions.
(d) That she didn't ask him about school.

5. What has Ned's father installed on the house for protection?
(a) Door locks.
(b) Bars on the windows.
(c) Lightening rods.
(d) Nothing; the town is quite safe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Scully use for lighting?

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

3. Who is Mrs. Scallop?

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

5. Where does Ned realize his father is taking his present?

(see the answer key)

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