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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Kimball say about Mr. Scully?
(a) He is a God-fearing man.
(b) He probably suffered a stroke.
(c) He is stubborn.
(d) He is a difficult, embattled old man.

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

3. Where does Ned go on the way to school?
(a) Billy's house.
(b) The church.
(c) Mr. Scully's home.
(d) The cemetary.

4. What does Ned learn from Doris?
(a) That Doris is moving back into the house.
(b) That Mr. Scully is moving out to live with Doris.
(c) That Mr. Scully's house is going up for sale.
(d) That Mr. Scully's sister is coming to live in the house.

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

6. What does Mr. Scully think about the one-eyed cat?
(a) It is pregnant.
(b) It needs to live in the shed in the winter.
(c) It is not feral.
(d) It is sick.

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

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

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

10. Where does Hilary suggest taking a ferry?
(a) An island that has many exotic birds.
(b) He actually says the ferry no longer runs.
(c) To an island which is inhabited by many varieties of fox.
(d) An island where wild ponies live.

11. What worries Ned about the one-eyed cat?
(a) Its leg appears to be broken.
(b) It hasn't moved since the morning.
(c) It is moaning.
(d) It is bleeding.

12. What do Ned and Billy discuss?
(a) The possibility of playing hockey with the bigger boys.
(b) Learning to speed skate.
(c) Going to a school dance.
(d) Making the baseball team in the Spring.

13. What does Ned bring down from Mr. Scully's attic?
(a) A leather satchel.
(b) A globe.
(c) A costume.
(d) A packet of sparklers.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ned know about Mr. Scully and the man's house?

2. What does Mama tell Ned about the same house?

3. What does Ned feel about himself?

4. Where does Evelyn Kimball's father work?

5. What does Ned think about Mr. Scully when he goes to see him one day?

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