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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Pages 65-85.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the mole's first complaint?
(a) That it is small.
(b) That it cannot see very well.
(c) That it is hungry.
(d) That the boy is too loud.

2. What are the mole and the boy doing when they talk about how strange it is that we can only see the outside but most things happen on the inside?
(a) Looking at their reflections in water.
(b) Walking through the forest.
(c) Watching the fox.
(d) Looking into a mirror.

3. What is the first thing that the four friends do once they are all together?
(a) Eat.
(b) Play.
(c) Sing.
(d) Nap.

4. When does the horse say it has been the strongest?
(a) When it has shown weakness.
(b) When it has refused to change.
(c) When it has stood up for itself.
(d) When it has helped others.

5. What does the horse say is sometimes "brave and magnificent" (67)?
(a) Helping someone even if they are not your friend.
(b) Believing the best about others.
(c) Keeping going when you are lost.
(d) Getting up and carrying on.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice does the narrator give on the page where the boy, the mole, and the fox sit staring at a crescent moon?

2. When the friends tell the horse that they believe its story, what happens?

3. What does the mole think that success is?

4. What is the boy's reason to keep going?

5. What dessert is the mole obsessed with?

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