2. Where does Ned find Mr. Scully one day?
(a) Down in the basement.
(b) Working in the shed.
(c) Lying face down in a hallway.
(d) Lying in the yard.

3. How does Ned believe Mr. Scully responds to Ned's confession?
(a) Mr. Scully thinks Ned is being too hard on himself.
(b) Mr. Scully does not know what Ned is saying.
(c) Mr. Scully seems angry about it.
(d) Mr. Scully understands and forgives Ned.

4. What does Ned figure his father will begin doing?
(a) Driving his mother to the doctor in the city.
(b) Teaching Ned how to drive the tractor.
(c) Picking up Mr. Scully's groceries.
(d) Taking over Sunday services for another preacher who just died.

5. What does Mama tell Ned about the same house?
(a) It has a lot of potential.
(b) It's too dangerous for him to wander inside.
(c) Nothing.
(d) It is just abandoned.

6. Where is Hilary's next destination?
(a) India.
(b) Hong Kong.
(c) Tibet.
(d) Greece.

7. Where does he go on his walk?
(a) The woods where he shot the air rifle.
(b) The garden.
(c) The front pasture.
(d) The Makepeace mansion.

8. What still worries Ned after he returns home from Mr. Scully's house?
(a) The one-eyed cat.
(b) His father's bad back.
(c) Doris not seeing her father more often.
(d) His mother's new treatment.

9. What does Nurse Clay tell Ned?
(a) That Mr. Scully is in the hospital in Waterville.
(b) That Mr. Scully died two days earlier.
(c) That Mr. Scully is in a coma.
(d) That Mr. Scully had been moved to live with his daughter.

10. What does Ned do on the veranda at the place he visits?
(a) Thinks.
(b) Writes.
(c) Plays with his toy soldiers.
(d) Paints.

11. What does Evelyn tell Ned about an abandoned house?
(a) It is up for sale.
(b) Drifters live there.
(c) Her parents want to buy it.
(d) It is haunted.

12. What does Ned learn about Mr. Scully?
(a) He is recovering but cannot speak.
(b) He is expected to die any day.
(c) He is just starting to speak again.
(d) He is well enough to now move out West.

13. Where does Evelyn Kimball's father work?
(a) A garage.
(b) A mine.
(c) A junkyard.
(d) A grocery store.

14. What is different about the letter Ned receives from his uncle?
(a) It is a postcard inside an envelope.
(b) It is addressed directly to him.
(c) It is typed.
(d) It is postmarked in Italy.

15. What does Ned find as he sits at his secret place and looks out at the countryside?
(a) Two old journals.
(b) An opening in the brush.
(c) A glint of metal.
(d) Comfort.