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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Scallop give Ned for his birthday?
(a) A pair of gloves she knitted.
(b) A hat she knitted.
(c) A handmade rug.
(d) A sweater she knitted.

2. What does Mrs. Kimball do?
(a) A school teacher.
(b) A practical nurse.
(c) A stay-at-home housewife.
(d) A domestic helper.

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

4. What does Ned refrain from saying to his mother?
(a) That the girl is mean to Ned.
(b) That he wishes she wouldn't say anything about his voice.
(c) Anything about taking the rifle out late at night.
(d) That his uncle doesn't act like he likes Ned.

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

6. What does Hilary give Ned for his birthday?
(a) A Daisy air rifle.
(b) A model car.
(c) A model airplane.
(d) A practice sword.

7. What are many of the homes like near where Ned lives?
(a) Run down.
(b) Abandoned.
(c) Well kept.
(d) Crowded with several families per home.

8. Who has cake and lemonade in Ned's mother's room?
(a) Papa, Ned and Mrs. Scallop.
(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) Just Ned as his father has been called out to a death.

9. Why does Ned feel safe?
(a) Because his father is a soldier.
(b) Because he believes strongly in God.
(c) Because his father is a minister.
(d) Because Mrs. Scallop is there.

10. What does Ned leave out on the porch at Mr. Scully's?
(a) A rat trap.
(b) Bread and milk.
(c) Bird seed.
(d) Nothing.

11. Why does Ned feel sad for Mr. Scully?
(a) Because he can't breathe well.
(b) Because he sometimes can't remember where he is.
(c) Because he and his daughter are not close.
(d) Because he sometimes calls Ned by his dead son's name.

12. Why does Ned feel guilty when he is watching out the window with Mr. Scully?
(a) The one jay's foot is mangled.
(b) The cat only has one eye.
(c) The robin's one wing looks clipped.
(d) He knows his mother would love to be able to be outdoors with him.

13. Where does Ned go after the household is in bed?
(a) Outside to try to catch a raccoon.
(b) Outside to catch frogs.
(c) To the basement.
(d) To retrieve his present.

14. 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.

15. When does he want to take Ned?
(a) During Spring break.
(b) After fall harvest.
(c) Over Christmas vacation.
(d) Just before planting time.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom had the present once belonged?

2. How many siblings does Ned have?

3. What does Ned imagine as he is walking back to the house at night?

4. What kind of potatoes does Mrs. Brewster serve?

5. How does Mrs. Scallop often refer to herself?

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