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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ned get the bronze goat he has in his room?
(a) His mother had it as a child.
(b) He found it at a secondhand shop.
(c) Hilary got it in Greece.
(d) His father had it as a child.

2. What does Ned take Mr. Scully every day?
(a) A bottle of milk.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Mail and newspaper.
(d) Food.

3. Where does Ned realize his father is taking his present?
(a) To the attic.
(b) To the neighbor's home.
(c) To the church.
(d) To the basement.

4. What does Evie Kimball's father do?
(a) Brick layer.
(b) Carpenter.
(c) Farmer.
(d) Doctor.

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

6. In what month does Ned's birthday fall?
(a) October.
(b) April.
(c) June.
(d) January.

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

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

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

10. Why does Ned not mind listening to Mr. Scully ramble?
(a) He knows a lot about exotic countries.
(b) He does not know he is rambling.
(c) Mr. Scully is likeable.
(d) He gives Ned money.

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

12. How does Mrs. Scallop often refer to herself?
(a) With a different name.
(b) As God's servant.
(c) In the second person.
(d) In the third person.

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

14. Where do Ned and his father eat supper on the Sunday before Ned's birthday?
(a) The Thortons.
(b) The Brewsters.
(c) At a diner.
(d) At home for once.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Cosmo?

2. Who does Ned like to visit regularly?

3. What does Mrs. Scallop say would happen if Ned does not blow out all his birthday candles?

4. Where does Hilary want to take Ned?

5. What does Mrs. Scallop tell Ned about his birth?

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