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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Ned go to visit?
(a) To Evelyn's grandmother's house with Evelyn.
(b) An art museum with his class.
(c) The State capitol with his class.
(d) Mr. Scully in the nursing home.

3. What has been taken down at Mr. Scully's house?
(a) The outhouse.
(b) The porch.
(c) The water barrel.
(d) The swing.

4. What does Mr. Scully promise to continue doing?
(a) Keep Ned doing chores and paying him.
(b) Write his daughter.
(c) Taking his medicine.
(d) Feed the cat.

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. What does Mama tell Ned about her arthritis?
(a) Nothing.
(b) It is much worse.
(c) There is a new treatment for it.
(d) It is almost gone.

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

13. Where is Billy Gaskell's family moving?
(a) Pittsburgh.
(b) Albany.
(c) New York.
(d) Freeport.

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

15. What is at the place Hilary intends to visit?
(a) A leper colony.
(b) A monastery.
(c) Native flowers Hilary wants to study.
(d) Some pyramid ruins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ned dream of for the next few days?

2. What does Mrs. Kimball say about Mr. Scully?

3. Where is Ned spending a great deal of time after he recovers?

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

5. What does Mr. Scully think about the one-eyed cat?

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