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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ned notice about Evelyn's attitude?
(a) It has not changed.
(b) It is more grown up.
(c) It is snotty.
(d) It is coy.

2. What What does Mr. Scully instruct Ned to throw out?
(a) Some mice-infested grain.
(b) Some mementos from Doris' childhood.
(c) Some old canned goods.
(d) Some mice-infested blankets.

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

4. Where does Ned tell Papa he wants to go?
(a) To visit Washington, D. C.
(b) To visit Mr. Scully again.
(c) With his uncle to Greece.
(d) To his grandparents' house in the summer.

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

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

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

8. What does Ned find as he sits at his secret place and looks out at the countryside?
(a) Comfort.
(b) Two old journals.
(c) A glint of metal.
(d) An opening in the brush.

9. 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) An island where wild ponies live.
(d) To an island which is inhabited by many varieties of fox.

10. What does the Wallis family receive in the mail?
(a) A check from Papa's great aunt who dies.
(b) A check from Mama's great aunt who dies.
(c) A refund from the government.
(d) Another exciting letter from Hilary.

11. How are Mama's treatments working?
(a) Not too well.
(b) It's too early to tell.
(c) Well.
(d) Not at all.

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

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

14. What do Ned and Billy do after Ned helps Janet?
(a) Get into a fistfight.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Steal some eggs.
(d) Throw snowballs at passing cars.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ned wish about his upcoming Christmas vacation?

2. Who is Janet?

3. What worries Ned about the one-eyed cat?

4. What is lying on an old icebox in Mr. Scully's shed?

5. What happens when Ned and his papa return home after a visit to Mr. Scully?

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