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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Ned knows that lives in New York City?
(a) His maternal grandmother.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His great-grandmother.
(d) His great-aunt.

2. 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.

3. What is Powerful Katinka?
(a) A vacuum cleaner.
(b) A advertising character.
(c) A cartoon character.
(d) A teenage girl down the street from Ned.

4. What does Ned have trouble doing that his father told him to do?
(a) Spending time with Mrs. Scallop.
(b) Keep his mind off the gun.
(c) Getting one of the cows ready for slaughter.
(d) Working a puzzle his dad gave him.

5. What does Ned lose interest in after using it once?
(a) The model car.
(b) The model airplane.
(c) The rifle.
(d) The sword.

6. What does Ned's father not understand about Mr. Kimball?
(a) How he affords to feed such a large family.
(b) Why he travels out of town so much.
(c) Why is treats his wife so poorly.
(d) Why he does not discipline his children.

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

8. Who has cake and lemonade in Ned's mother's room?
(a) Ned and his older brother who comes home for the ocassion.
(b) Just Ned and Mrs. Scallop as his father has been called out to a death.
(c) Just Ned as his father has been called out to a death.
(d) Papa, Ned and Mrs. Scallop.

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

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

11. What does Mr. Scully make homemade?
(a) Moonshine.
(b) Cake.
(c) Applesauce and bread.
(d) Pancakes.

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

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

14. Who is Mrs. Scallop?
(a) The present housekeeper for the Wallis family.
(b) The next-door neighbor to the Wallis family.
(c) Ned's current teacher.
(d) The first housekeeper for the Wallis family.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Doris send Mr. Scully about once a month?

3. About what does Ned lie to his mama?

4. Why does Ned not like dining with members of the congregation?

5. Why does the family sleep downstairs one night?

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