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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where does Ned travel that night?
(a) To the woods.
(b) To his best friend's house.
(c) To the lake.
(d) To the back pasture.

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

5. Of what is Ned afraid if his dad learns of the rifle incident?
(a) That his father will be disappointed in him.
(b) That his dad will tell his mother.
(c) That his dad will never give him the rifle.
(d) That his dad will beat him.

6. What does Mrs. Scallop sometimes lapse into?
(a) Periods of bossiness.
(b) Periods of joking with Ned.
(c) Periods of giddy laughter.
(d) Periods of sullen silence.

7. Who are Evelyn Kimball, Janet Hoffman, and Billy Gaskell?
(a) Ned's three favorite cousins.
(b) The most popular kids at school.
(c) Three kids at Ned's church.
(d) Ned's closest friends.

8. 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 panther.
(c) The one-eyed cat.
(d) A bear.

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

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

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

12. What does Mr. Scully never use?
(a) Electricity.
(b) Telephone.
(c) Shower.
(d) Razor.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ned imagine as he is outside at night?

2. Where does Ned get the bronze goat he has in his room?

3. How many housekeepers has the Wallis family had, including the present one?

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

5. Who is Cosmo?

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