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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 Ned go after he finds Mr. Scully?
(a) To the church.
(b) Home.
(c) To the police station.
(d) To the Kimball house.

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

3. What does Ned and his mother see?
(a) A shooting star.
(b) A white dog.
(c) Mr. Scully's ghost.
(d) The one-eyed cat.

4. What is now stacked at the back door of Mr. Scully's house?
(a) The lumber from taking the outhouse apart.
(b) Newspapers from inside the house.
(c) Planter pots.
(d) Canned goods.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Ned go out for a walk?

2. Who is Janet?

3. How are Mama's treatments working?

4. What does Mama say to Ned about Mrs. Scallop?

5. What does Ned find as he sits at his secret place and looks out at the countryside?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Ned meet at Mr. Scully's house one day after Mr. Scully is gone and what does she tell him?

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

3. What does Ned learn about the Makepeace mansion?

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

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

6. Where is one place Uncle Hilary suggests he and Ned might want to visit on Christmas break?

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

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

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

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

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