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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. About what does Ned ask Mrs. Kinball?
(a) The history of the Makepeace mansion.
(b) If her daughter Evelyn is really going to be in the movies.
(c) Why Mrs. Scallop cried all the time.
(d) The reason she became a nurse.

2. To whom does Ned apologize?
(a) Mrs. Scully.
(b) His teacher.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

3. What is different about the letter Ned receives from his uncle?
(a) It is a postcard inside an envelope.
(b) It is typed.
(c) It is postmarked in Italy.
(d) It is addressed directly to him.

4. What does Ned notice leading up to the shed?
(a) Mr. Scully's footprints in the snow.
(b) Mr. Scully's footprints in the mud.
(c) Mountain lion prints.
(d) Bear prints.

5. What does the Wallis family receive in the mail?
(a) A check from Papa's great aunt who dies.
(b) Another exciting letter from Hilary.
(c) A refund from the government.
(d) A check from Mama's great aunt who dies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Scallop cry?

2. Who does Ned encounter one day at Mr. Scully's house?

3. What does Ned know about Mr. Scully and the man's house?

4. What does Hilary promise to Ned?

5. Who arrives where Ned is sitting?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

6. How does the fight end?

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

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

9. What does Ned learn about the Makepeace mansion?

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

(see the answer keys)

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