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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Ned and Mr. Scully watch in the yard through the window?
(a) A feral cat.
(b) A neighbor's new puppy.
(c) A pair of jays fighting.
(d) A robin pulling a worm out of the ground.

2. What is one chore Ned does for Mr. Scully?
(a) Chops wood.
(b) Slops the pigs.
(c) Fixes the plumbing.
(d) Paints the house.

3. What does Mrs. Scallop tell Ned about his birth?
(a) It brought on Mama's rheumatism.
(b) It was a very stormy night when Ned arrived.
(c) It was very easy for his mama.
(d) She knows nothing about Ned's birth.

4. What does Ned notice about the things Doris sent for the last three months?
(a) They are addressed in a very shaky handwriting.
(b) The pictures in the letters do not include Doris herself.
(c) They all have the same picture on them.
(d) They are stale.

5. What does the narrator say about Mr. Scully's bed?
(a) He only uses one sheet.
(b) He never uses sheets.
(c) His bed is four feet high.
(d) He sleeps on the floor.

6. 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.

7. What does James Wallis tell his son to refrain from when at the Brewster's home?
(a) Asking for seconds.
(b) Picking up any of their expensive nic nacs.
(c) Addressing the servants.
(d) Not eating everything on his plate.

8. 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?
(a) That he was never going to understand his father.
(b) That he was being watched.
(c) That he was older than his father realized.
(d) That life was far beyond his comprehension.

9. What does the narrator say about the Brewster's lifestyle?
(a) They are very poor.
(b) It is extravagant for the money the family has.
(c) Very high class and ostentatious but they can afford it.
(d) Typical middle class.

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

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

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

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

14. How old is Ned when his mother becomes ill?
(a) 8.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 2.

15. What has Ned's father installed on the house for protection?
(a) Bars on the windows.
(b) Nothing; the town is quite safe.
(c) Lightening rods.
(d) Door locks.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do Ned and his father eat supper on the Sunday before Ned's birthday?

3. What does Ned lose interest in after using it once?

4. Where does Doris live?

5. What emotion seems to be just below the surface of Mrs. Scallop?

(see the answer keys)

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