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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Ned apologizes and goes to his room, about what does he worry?
(a) Mrs. Scallop.
(b) The cat and his mom.
(c) The upcoming vacation.
(d) Nothing.

2. From where does an ambulance have to come?
(a) Amherst.
(b) Groton.
(c) Waterville.
(d) Oak Hill.

3. What scares Ned a little about his mama?
(a) Her failure to respond to the new treatment.
(b) Her weight loss.
(c) Her depression.
(d) Her happiness.

4. What does Ned think about Mr. Scully when he goes to see him one day?
(a) Mr. Scully seems to be somewhere else.
(b) Mr. Scully talks more than usual.
(c) Mr. Scully is very fragile.
(d) Mr. Scully seems much stronger.

5. Why does Mrs. Scallop cry?
(a) Her daughter is ill.
(b) Ned snaps at her.
(c) She is not feeling well.
(d) Her mother died a year ago that day.

6. What is lying on an old icebox in Mr. Scully's shed?
(a) A rifle.
(b) The one-eyed cat.
(c) A pistol.
(d) A dead coon.

7. Why doesn't Ned visit his mother one day?
(a) She has gone to the city for a new treatment.
(b) He is too busy working at the church.
(c) He is ill.
(d) She is too ill.

8. What does Ned know about Mr. Scully and the man's house?
(a) Mr. Scully built the house himself.
(b) Mr. Scully will probably not be returning home.
(c) Mr. Scully loves to be in his own house.
(d) Mr. Scully signed the house over to his daughter.

9. What food did the cat eat from Mr. Scully?
(a) A piece of chicken.
(b) None.
(c) Bacon bits.
(d) A piece of fish.

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

11. What type of arthritis does Mama have?
(a) Lupus arthritis.
(b) Osteoarthritis.
(c) Rheumatoid.
(d) Psoriatic arthritis.

12. Who is going to help look after Ned's mother?
(a) Mrs. Kimball.
(b) A nurse from the church.
(c) No one.
(d) A nurse the doctor knows.

13. When does a heavy snow fall in Chapter V?
(a) On the first of December.
(b) On Christmas day.
(c) On Thanksgiving day.
(d) It does not snow, which is unusual.

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

15. To whom does Ned apologize?
(a) His mother.
(b) His teacher.
(c) His father.
(d) Mrs. Scully.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is missing from the yard at Mr. Scully's house?

2. Where does Ned find the one-eyed cat?

3. Where is Billy Gaskell's family moving?

4. What does Mama say to Ned about Mrs. Scallop?

5. What does Hilary promise to Ned?

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