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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Ned dream of for the next few days?
(a) The one-eyed cat.
(b) The horse island.
(c) The ferry sinking.
(d) The fox island.

3. What does Mr. Scully tell Ned about the one-eyed cat?
(a) That it is dead.
(b) That it had kittens.
(c) That it has recovered.
(d) That it has disappeared.

4. What does Mama say to Ned about Mrs. Scallop?
(a) She is dying.
(b) She is going to start working only parttime.
(c) Ned should be nicer to her.
(d) Papa found her a job in a nursing home.

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

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

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

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

9. What does Ned feel about himself?
(a) He is happy.
(b) He is depressed.
(c) He is changing.
(d) He is sad.

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

11. Where is Hilary going to visit?
(a) Cancun.
(b) Molokai.
(c) Tahiti.
(d) Oahu.

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

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

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

15. What does Ned realize about Mr. Scully and Ned's confession?
(a) Mr. Scully is the only person who knows what Ned did.
(b) Mr. Scully thinks Ned's mother is wonderful.
(c) Mr. Scully might also be afraid of dying.
(d) Mr. Scully believes the rifle is not Ned's problem.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ned help Janet?

2. Who is Janet?

3. What does Evelyn tell Ned about an abandoned house?

4. Where does Hilary suggest taking a ferry?

5. What does Ned learn from Doris?

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