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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 bring down from Mr. Scully's attic?
(a) A globe.
(b) A packet of sparklers.
(c) A leather satchel.
(d) A costume.

2. After Ned apologizes and goes to his room, about what does he worry?
(a) The upcoming vacation.
(b) Nothing.
(c) The cat and his mom.
(d) Mrs. Scallop.

3. What topic does Ned's mother ask Ned about which he does not answer?
(a) About his fight with Mrs. Scallop.
(b) About the one-eyed cat.
(c) About the vacation with Hilary.
(d) About his grades.

4. What does Hilary promise to Ned?
(a) To bring him home early if he gets homesick.
(b) To let him know when vacation plans are finalized.
(c) To teach him to deep sea fish.
(d) To take him to visit an aunt Ned has never met.

5. What does Ned admit to Mr. Scully on another trip to see the man?
(a) That Ned shot the cat and put out its eye.
(b) That Ned does not ever want to shoot the rifle again.
(c) That Ned is afraid of death.
(d) That Ned is afraid of his mother dying.

Short Answer Questions

1. What scares Ned a little about his mama?

2. What does the Wallis family receive in the mail?

3. Where does Ned go on the way to school?

4. Why doesn't Ned visit his mother one day?

5. From where does an ambulance have to come?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Ned's father notice as Ned and he are trimming the Christmas tree and what happens?

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

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

5. What does Ned's mama "confess" to Ned?

6. Why does Ned stop at Mr. Scully's house and what does he find?

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

8. What are Uncle Hilary's newest plans as outlined in a letter the Willis family receives?

9. What does Ned learn about the Makepeace mansion?

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

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