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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ned decide about Charleston?
(a) He wants to go but only for the day.
(b) He will do whatever his father tells him to do.
(c) He wants to go but not until the summer.
(d) He does not want to go.

2. What does Ned think of his present from Mrs. Scallop?
(a) That the shoulders are too big.
(b) That the fingers are too short.
(c) That it's horrible.
(d) That the colors are nice.

3. Where does Hilary want to take Ned?
(a) Nag's Head.
(b) Savannah.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Nashville.

4. Where does Ned and his father visit a parishioner years before?
(a) An asylum.
(b) A veteran's home.
(c) The hospital.
(d) Jail.

5. How does Ned perceive his family life before his mother is ill?
(a) As calm.
(b) As happy.
(c) As boring.
(d) As solemn.

6. About whom is Ned often confused?
(a) His father.
(b) Mrs. Scallop.
(c) His mother.
(d) His best friend.

7. In what decades is the novel set?
(a) 1930s.
(b) 1950s.
(c) 1940s.
(d) 1920s.

8. For how long has Ned's mother been ill?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 6 years.
(c) Most of her life.
(d) 3 years.

9. Who does Ned like to visit regularly?
(a) His cousins who live about a mile away.
(b) His mother.
(c) The neighbor at the end of the block.
(d) The sexton at the church.

10. What causes Ned both great anxiety and excitement?
(a) The idea of going somewhere with just Hilary for Christmas.
(b) The idea that his mother is getting better.
(c) Having snuck the rifle out of his house in opposition to his father's orders.
(d) The idea that he has to take fencing lessons.

11. In what area of the country does Ned and his family live?
(a) The Pochonos.
(b) The Appalachians of Kentucky.
(c) The coastal region of Georgia.
(d) The Hudson River Valley.

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

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

14. Of what does Ned feel a little jealous?
(a) His father's close relationship with Hilary.
(b) His mother's close relationship with Hilary.
(c) His mother's close relationship with his older sister.
(d) His mother's close relationship with the neighbor's little girl.

15. What does Mr. Scully use for lighting?
(a) A flashlight.
(b) A fancy chandelier.
(c) A bare electric bulb.
(d) A kerosene lamp.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Scully say comes into his yard regularly?

2. What does Ned refrain from saying to his mother?

3. What does Ned believe about his mother and Hilary?

4. 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?

5. What does Mr. Scully give Ned for Ned's birthday?

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