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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. Of what does Ned feel a little jealous?
(a) His mother's close relationship with the neighbor's little girl.
(b) His mother's close relationship with Hilary.
(c) His father's close relationship with Hilary.
(d) His mother's close relationship with his older sister.

2. What does Mr. Scully say he does regularly now?
(a) Sees his dead son's ghost.
(b) Feeds the one-eyed cat.
(c) Writes his daughter.
(d) Bakes biscuits.

3. What are many of the homes like near where Ned lives?
(a) Abandoned.
(b) Run down.
(c) Crowded with several families per home.
(d) Well kept.

4. What did Ned feel on the day of the visit with his father years ago that he felt when he went out in the night?
(a) That life was far beyond his comprehension.
(b) That he was being watched.
(c) That he was never going to understand his father.
(d) That he was older than his father realized.

5. What has Ned's father installed on the house for protection?
(a) Bars on the windows.
(b) Lightening rods.
(c) Nothing; the town is quite safe.
(d) Door locks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ned feel guilty when he is watching out the window with Mr. Scully?

2. Who is Cosmo?

3. What does Ned notice about the things Doris sent for the last three months?

4. What does Ned decide about Charleston?

5. What does Mrs. Scallop tell Ned about his birth?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Ned think Mr. Scully needs, and how does Ned feel about that?

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

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

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

8. What is Mr. Scully's relationship like with his daughter Doris?

9. How does Mrs. Scallop upset Ned about his birth and what does his mother say about it?

10. What animal do Ned and Mr. Scully watch from the window and what does Ned do for the animal?

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