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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does the mole say is the hardest person to forgive?
(a) Someone you love.
(b) Yourself.
(c) A person who will not apologize.
(d) Your enemy.

2. Where do the mole and the boy often sit and talk?
(a) On the road.
(b) In their fort.
(c) In a tree.
(d) In a field of sheep.

3. Who is the author of The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse?
(a) James Burks.
(b) Charlie Mackesy.
(c) Scott Morse.
(d) Gene Yang.

4. After it is rescued, what does the fox draw in the snow?
(a) An arrow.
(b) A heart.
(c) Its name.
(d) A child.

5. Where does the mole say that love will bring the boy?
(a) To his friends.
(b) Home.
(c) To himself.
(d) Heaven.

6. For what purpose does the mole close its eyes and breathe?
(a) To calm itself down.
(b) To focus on its sense of hearing.
(c) To think about what to say.
(d) To focus on the present moment.

7. Who does the mole tell the boy he should be kind to?
(a) The bird.
(b) The fox.
(c) Himself.
(d) The horse.

8. Which animal does the boy meet first?
(a) The mole.
(b) The horse.
(c) The bird.
(d) The fox.

9. Who rescues the fox?
(a) It rescues itself.
(b) The mole.
(c) The horse.
(d) The boy.

10. What problem does the fox have when the boy meets it?
(a) It has fallen in the river.
(b) It is hungry.
(c) It is lonely.
(d) It is caught in a trap.

11. What does the mole say is a great freedom?
(a) Making friends with whomever we want.
(b) Measuring ourselves by our own standards.
(c) Choosing how we react to things.
(d) Eating dessert.

12. What does the fox threaten to do?
(a) Chase the mole away from the boy.
(b) Kill the mole.
(c) Steal food.
(d) Follow the boy home.

13. Which animal does the boy meet second?
(a) The mole.
(b) The horse.
(c) The fox.
(d) The bird.

14. What does the mole tell the boy about the wild?
(a) That for some animals it is home.
(b) That it is a good place to get lost.
(c) Not to fear it.
(d) To stay away from it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What does the mole think that success is?

3. What does the boy want to be when he grows up?

4. What does the mole say the older moles it knows wish they had focused on?

5. What kind of a school does the boy wonder about?

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