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

2. From where does an ambulance have to come?
(a) Oak Hill.
(b) Groton.
(c) Waterville.
(d) Amherst.

3. Who arrives where Ned is sitting?
(a) His papa.
(b) Evelyn.
(c) Billy.
(d) His mama.

4. Who does Ned encounter one day at Mr. Scully's house?
(a) A bear.
(b) Doris.
(c) Mrs. Kimball.
(d) No one.

5. Where does Ned go on the way to school?
(a) The cemetary.
(b) Mr. Scully's home.
(c) Billy's house.
(d) The church.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ned dream of for the next few days?

2. Why does Mrs. Scallop cry?

3. Who is Billy Gaskell?

4. What does Ned wish about his upcoming Christmas vacation?

5. What does Ned admit to Mr. Scully on another trip to see the man?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Mr. Scully say to Ned about the one-eyed cat?

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

4. What does Ned admit to Mr. Scully and what does Ned believe is the elderly man's response?

5. What do Ned and his mother see playing by the light of the moon and then what arrives?

6. Where does Ned go one moonlit night and who follows him?

7. What does Ned bring down from the attic and what is inside it?

8. What changes does Ned find at Mr. Scully's home one day?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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