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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. Where does Evelyn Kimball's father work?
(a) A grocery store.
(b) A junkyard.
(c) A mine.
(d) A garage.

2. What does Evelyn tell Ned about an abandoned house?
(a) Her parents want to buy it.
(b) Drifters live there.
(c) It is haunted.
(d) It is up for sale.

3. What does Ned avoid approaching?
(a) The cat on the icebox.
(b) One of the town bullies.
(c) The grave where his grandfather is buried.
(d) A broken water main.

4. Where is Billy Gaskell's family moving?
(a) New York.
(b) Pittsburgh.
(c) Albany.
(d) Freeport.

5. What does Ned think about as he leaves the nursing home?
(a) The pain of aging.
(b) Shooting the cat.
(c) The times Mr. Scully would laugh until he had tears in his eyes.
(d) The mementos Mr. Scully threw out.

Short Answer Questions

1. What scares Ned a little about his mama?

2. What does Ned bring down from Mr. Scully's attic?

3. How are Mama's treatments working?

4. What does Ned figure his father will begin doing?

5. What topic does Ned's mother ask Ned about which he does not answer?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Ned find Mr. Scully one afternoon and what does Ned do?

2. What does Mama tell Ned about something she did when Ned was three?

3. About what does Ned open up and talk to his mama?

4. What happens when Ned goes to visit Mr. Scully again?

5. What happens on the first day December and what does Ned see?

6. What changes take place for the Kimball family?

7. What do Billy and Ned hope for this year's winter season?

8. After he recovers from his illness, where does Ned often go and what does he do there?

9. What does Ned learn from Mama about Mrs. Scallop and Mr. Scully?

10. With whom does Ned get into a fight and why?

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