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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 Ned imagine as he is walking back to the house at night?
(a) Someone watching him from the woods.
(b) That he has bested a brigand in a sword duel.
(c) Someone watching him from the attic.
(d) That he has saved the family from marauders.

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

3. What do many people lose during the Great Depression?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Their motivation.
(c) Their ability to travel extensively.
(d) Their homes.

4. Why does Ned not like dining with members of the congregation?
(a) He has to wear a tie.
(b) He has to sit with the children in the family.
(c) It makes him feel homeless.
(d) He has to eat anything he is served.

5. What does Mrs. Scallop say would happen if Ned does not blow out all his birthday candles?
(a) His birthday next year will be late.
(b) He wouldn't get his wish.
(c) A strange fate would befall him.
(d) His father would not return.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Scully never use?

2. Why does Ned fluster Evelyn?

3. Of what does Ned feel a little jealous?

4. What does Mr. Scully say he does regularly now?

5. What does Ned leave out on the porch at Mr. Scully's?

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