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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ned bring down from Mr. Scully's attic?

2. What is missing from the yard at Mr. Scully's house?

3. What is lying on an old icebox in Mr. Scully's shed?

4. What does Hilary promise to Ned?

5. What do Ned and Billy discuss?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What changes take place for the Kimball family?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"One-Eyed Cat" belongs to the young teen genre. Discuss the following:

1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to fantasy.

2. Discuss two reasons why it might be useful to label a text by genre.

3. Discuss two reasons why it might be disadvantageous to label a text by genre.

4. Discuss what your favorite genre is; give several examples and explain what you enjoy about books in that genre.

Essay Topic 2

Ned is an only child, as contrasted to his friend, Evelyn Kimball, who has several siblings. Discuss the following:

1. Research the theory of how birth order impacts the personality development of a person. Relate your research to Ned's life and personality in "One-Eyed Cat".

2. Compare/contrast Evelyn Kimball to Ned as regard their birth order and the number of siblings they each have (or do not have). Do you think the differences between the two characters can be partially accounted for because of their birth order and/or number of children in their families? Explain fully.

3. Write an essay comparing your personality to that of Ned's and theorize as to whether you think the similarities and/or differences of your birth orders and sibling numbers have anything to do with your similarities and/or differences.

Essay Topic 3

Ned is eleven throughout much of the novel. Discuss the following:

1. What are some ways that Ned seems like an average eleven year old? Give examples and why you say his activities are average teen activities.

2. What are some ways that Ned seems older than his age of 11? Give specific examples and discuss whether they seem consistent with the character of Nest as she is developed throughout the book.

3. Research the activities of young teens during the era of the 1930s and compare/contrast it with that of young teens in the present. Does life for a teen in the 1930s seem significantly different? How so? How would you have liked to live as a teen in the 1930s? Explain fully using examples from your research.

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