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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. Who brings cookies and apples to Ned's class?
(a) Miss Jefferson.
(b) No one.
(c) Ned's father.
(d) Mrs. Scallop.

2. Where does Hilary want to take Ned?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Nag's Head.
(c) Savannah.
(d) Nashville.

3. In what decades is the novel set?
(a) 1940s.
(b) 1930s.
(c) 1950s.
(d) 1920s.

4. How old is Ned when his mother becomes ill?
(a) 2.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

5. What magazine does Ned love?
(a) National Georgraphic.
(b) Life.
(c) Mad Magazine.
(d) Scientific American.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does Ned lie to his mama?

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

3. What does Ned have trouble doing that his father told him to do?

4. Where does Doris live?

5. What does Mrs. Scallop say would happen if Ned does not blow out all his birthday candles?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe a typical routine for Ned and Mr. Scully when Ned is over there.

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

5. With whom do Ned and his father have Sunday dinner and what is served?

6. Where was Ned's favorite place to walk when he was very young?

7. What impression does Ned receive on his way back from shooting the rifle and of what does that remind Ned?

8. What is the date and location of the setting for "One-Eyed Cat", and what is the significance of the time period?

9. What has Ned noticed about Mrs. Scallop's underlying emotion and of whom does she remind Ned?

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

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