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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where does Ned walk by where his mother used to keep her horse?
(a) The old barn.
(b) The old stable near the lake.
(c) Stables on what is now someone else's property.
(d) The back pasture.

4. How old is Mr. Scully?
(a) About 70.
(b) About 80.
(c) About 95.
(d) About 55.

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

6. What does Ned think about Mr. Scully?
(a) He's mean.
(b) He's scary.
(c) He's old fashioned.
(d) He's not right in the head.

7. What is on Ned's mind constantly?
(a) His mother's illness.
(b) His firing the air rifle.
(c) A bully at school who keeps harassing Ned.
(d) His father's desire for him to become a minister.

8. What does Mrs. Scallop say would happen if Ned does not blow out all his birthday candles?
(a) A strange fate would befall him.
(b) His birthday next year will be late.
(c) His father would not return.
(d) He wouldn't get his wish.

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

10. What does Mama mention that embarrasses Ned?
(a) The air rifle.
(b) His changing voice.
(c) A girl in his school.
(d) His uncle's high regard for Ned.

11. When does James say Ned can have his present?
(a) When Ned turns 16.
(b) When Ned takes a course on fencing.
(c) When Ned is 14.
(d) When Ned proves he is responsible by caring for the cows.

12. What does Mr. Scully say he does regularly now?
(a) Feeds the one-eyed cat.
(b) Bakes biscuits.
(c) Writes his daughter.
(d) Sees his dead son's ghost.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Hilary?

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

3. Why does Ned think his father will be upset with him?

4. What does Ned leave out on the porch at Mr. Scully's?

5. What does Mrs. Scallop sometimes lapse into?

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