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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 still worries Ned after he returns home from Mr. Scully's house?
(a) Doris not seeing her father more often.
(b) His mother's new treatment.
(c) His father's bad back.
(d) The one-eyed cat.

2. Where does Ned find Mr. Scully one day?
(a) Down in the basement.
(b) Working in the shed.
(c) Lying in the yard.
(d) Lying face down in a hallway.

3. What does Ned do on the veranda at the place he visits?
(a) Plays with his toy soldiers.
(b) Thinks.
(c) Paints.
(d) Writes.

4. What does Mrs. Kimball say about Mr. Scully?
(a) He probably suffered a stroke.
(b) He is a difficult, embattled old man.
(c) He is stubborn.
(d) He is a God-fearing man.

5. What does Ned dream of for the next few days?
(a) The one-eyed cat.
(b) The ferry sinking.
(c) The fox island.
(d) The horse island.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Scallop cry?

2. Who arrives where Ned is sitting?

3. Where does Ned tell Papa he wants to go?

4. Where does Ned find the one-eyed cat?

5. What happens when Ned and his papa return home after a visit to Mr. Scully?

Short Essay Questions

1. What will Mr. Willis start doing for Mr. Scully and why?

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

3. What is Mama's good news and how does Ned respond?

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

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

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

7. What does Ned do for Janet that shows his kind nature?

8. What changes take place for the Kimball family?

9. What does Ned learn about the Makepeace mansion?

10. Where is Mr. Scully taken and what is probably wrong with him?

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