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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 do after-school chores?
(a) Mr. Scully's house.
(b) The school.
(c) At home.
(d) The church.

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

3. What happens when Ned and his papa return home after a visit to Mr. Scully?
(a) Doris has moved into Mr. Scully's house.
(b) Mama is very ill.
(c) Mr. Scully's sister has moved into Mr. Scully's house.
(d) The one-eyed cat is dead on their driveway.

4. Where does Hilary suggest taking a ferry?
(a) To an island which is inhabited by many varieties of fox.
(b) An island where wild ponies live.
(c) He actually says the ferry no longer runs.
(d) An island that has many exotic birds.

5. What does Nurse Clay tell Ned?
(a) That Mr. Scully died two days earlier.
(b) That Mr. Scully had been moved to live with his daughter.
(c) That Mr. Scully is in a coma.
(d) That Mr. Scully is in the hospital in Waterville.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of arthritis does Mama have?

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

3. What does Ned learn from Doris?

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

5. What does Ned's mother remind Ned to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ned learn about the Makepeace mansion?

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

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

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

5. About what does Ned open up and talk to his mama?

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

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

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

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

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

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