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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Scully never use?
(a) Electricity.
(b) Telephone.
(c) Shower.
(d) Razor.

2. What do Ned and Mr. Scully watch in the yard through the window?
(a) A neighbor's new puppy.
(b) A pair of jays fighting.
(c) A robin pulling a worm out of the ground.
(d) A feral cat.

3. What does Hilary give Ned for his birthday?
(a) A Daisy air rifle.
(b) A model airplane.
(c) A model car.
(d) A practice sword.

4. About whom is Ned often confused?
(a) His mother.
(b) Mrs. Scallop.
(c) His best friend.
(d) His father.

5. What does Ned take Mr. Scully every day?
(a) Food.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Mail and newspaper.
(d) A bottle of milk.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what area of the country does Ned and his family live?

2. What causes Ned both great anxiety and excitement?

3. What does Ned's father not understand about Mr. Kimball?

4. Who does Ned knows that lives in New York City?

5. Why does the family sleep downstairs one night?

Short Essay Questions

1. What disconcerting statement does Mrs. Scallop say about Ned's birthday candles and what does she give Ned for his birthday?

2. What is the first lie Ned has ever told his mama?

3. Who is the current housekeeper in the Wallis family and how does Ned feel about having a housekeeper?

4. Where does Uncle Hilary want to take Ned over Christmas vacation and how does Ned initially feel about the idea?

5. What does Ned remember about life before his Mama becomes ill?

6. How does Ned feel about having a meal with a family in his father's congregation?

7. How is Ned's birthday celebrated in his classroom?

8. Describe Ned Wallis.

9. Why does the Wallis family gather downstairs during the night?

10. What had Ned's father told him about the Daisy air rifle and how does Ned comply?

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