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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 is Powerful Katinka?
(a) A vacuum cleaner.
(b) A advertising character.
(c) A cartoon character.
(d) A teenage girl down the street from Ned.

2. What does Mama give Ned for his birthday?
(a) A book.
(b) A watch.
(c) A bike.
(d) A fishing pole.

3. Who is Mrs. Scallop?
(a) The first housekeeper for the Wallis family.
(b) The next-door neighbor to the Wallis family.
(c) The present housekeeper for the Wallis family.
(d) Ned's current teacher.

4. What kind of potatoes does Mrs. Brewster serve?
(a) The best in the town.
(b) Unrecognizable.
(c) French fried.
(d) Lumpy mashed.

5. What does Ned notice about the things Doris sent for the last three months?
(a) The pictures in the letters do not include Doris herself.
(b) They are stale.
(c) They are addressed in a very shaky handwriting.
(d) They all have the same picture on them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ned take Mr. Scully every day?

2. What does Mr. Scully give Ned for Ned's birthday?

3. How does Ned perceive his family life before his mother is ill?

4. What does Mr. Scully make homemade?

5. Who has cake and lemonade in Ned's mother's room?

Short Essay Questions

1. Briefly describe Evie Kimball and her family.

2. What does Ned's father instruct Ned about being a guest for supper at the Brewsters, and why does his father say that?

3. Describe Ned Wallis.

4. Describe a couple things about Mr. Scully that makes him seem eccentric.

5. To whom does Ned deliver mail and a newspaper every day and why does Ned do so?

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

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

8. What does Ned's uncle Hilary give Ned for his birthday and why is Ned's father upset?

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

10. What do Ned and his friends discuss on the way to school and how does Ned make Evelyn feel a little flustered?

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