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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news does Ned receive that lightens his mood?
(a) Mr. Scully's promise to continue to feed the one-eyed cat.
(b) His mother is walking outside.
(c) He is expected to play basketball this year.
(d) Mrs. Scallop is moving to California.

2. Who is Billy Gaskell?
(a) A boy who calls Ned a mean name.
(b) Ned's best friend.
(c) Janet's son.
(d) Ned's second cousin.

3. About what does Ned ask Mrs. Kinball?
(a) If her daughter Evelyn is really going to be in the movies.
(b) Why Mrs. Scallop cried all the time.
(c) The history of the Makepeace mansion.
(d) The reason she became a nurse.

4. How does Hilary intend to get to his next destination?
(a) He is not sure.
(b) Fly.
(c) A junk.
(d) A steamer.

5. When does Ned go out for a walk?
(a) Late afternoon.
(b) Early evening.
(c) On a moonlit night.
(d) Early morning.

6. What has gone from Mr. Scully's house?
(a) Mr. Scully's buggy.
(b) The "for sale" sign.
(c) The leather portfolio.
(d) The old coonskin cap.

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

8. What does Ned think about as he leaves the nursing home?
(a) Shooting the cat.
(b) The pain of aging.
(c) The mementos Mr. Scully threw out.
(d) The times Mr. Scully would laugh until he had tears in his eyes.

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

10. What does Evelyn get as a result of her father earning more money?
(a) Shoes.
(b) A new hat.
(c) Books.
(d) Drawing materials.

11. What does Ned and his mother see?
(a) Mr. Scully's ghost.
(b) A shooting star.
(c) The one-eyed cat.
(d) A white dog.

12. What is now stacked at the back door of Mr. Scully's house?
(a) Canned goods.
(b) Newspapers from inside the house.
(c) Planter pots.
(d) The lumber from taking the outhouse apart.

13. What does Hilary promise to Ned?
(a) To let him know when vacation plans are finalized.
(b) To teach him to deep sea fish.
(c) To take him to visit an aunt Ned has never met.
(d) To bring him home early if he gets homesick.

14. How does Ned help Janet?
(a) He cleans the chalkboards everyday.
(b) He tells her about the one-eyed cat.
(c) He picks up her books she dropped.
(d) He sweeps out the basement.

15. How do Mama and Papa feel about what she tells Ned?
(a) Ecstatic.
(b) Despairing.
(c) Hopeful.
(d) They do not tell Ned anything.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Papa notice when he and Ned are trimming the Christmas tree?

2. What type of arthritis does Mama have?

3. Where does Evelyn Kimball's father work?

4. How does Mrs. Scallop feel about her new job?

5. Why does Mrs. Scallop cry?

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