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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Pages 86-116.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the horse say asking for help is the same as?
(a) Refusing to take responsibility.
(b) Refusing to give up.
(c) Giving up.
(d) Taking responsibility.

2. Near the end of the book there is an illustration of the boy telling the animals "Thank you" (113). What is the boy doing in this picture?
(a) Shaking the mole's hand.
(b) Patting the fox on the head.
(c) Kissing the horse on the nose.
(d) Eating a piece of cake.

3. What does the boy say is "why we are here" (105)?
(a) To make friends.
(b) To help others.
(c) To love.
(d) To learn and grow.

4. What advice does the narrator give on the page where the boy, the mole, and the fox sit staring at a crescent moon?
(a) Be still.
(b) Be curious.
(c) Be quiet.
(d) Be clever.

5. What happens to the dessert that the mole tries to bring the boy?
(a) The boy does not want it.
(b) The fox steals it.
(c) The mole eats it.
(d) The mole drops it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What problem does the fox have when the boy meets it?

2. When the boy says "We have such a long way to go," what does the horse tell him to focus on?

3. What does the mole say is the biggest waste of time?

4. What does the boy say he sometimes feels?

5. On the last page, what does the horse say there is more of in the world than you could imagine?

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