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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first thing that the boy says to the mole?
(a) Please move.
(b) Who are you?
(c) Can you help me?
(d) Hello.

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

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

4. What dessert is the mole obsessed with?
(a) Cake.
(b) Cookies.
(c) Brownies.
(d) Pie.

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

6. 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) Looking into a mirror.
(c) Watching the fox.
(d) Walking through the forest.

7. What does the boy say he sometimes feels?
(a) Scared.
(b) Boring.
(c) Lost.
(d) Small.

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

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

10. What does the mole say the older moles it knows wish they had focused on?
(a) Their dreams.
(b) Making friends.
(c) Traveling.
(d) Being successful.

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

12. Who rescues the mole when it falls in the river?
(a) The horse.
(b) The bird.
(c) The fox.
(d) The boy.

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

14. What does the mole say is the biggest waste of time?
(a) Worrying about whether people love you.
(b) Work.
(c) School.
(d) Comparing yourself to others.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which animal does the boy meet second?

2. What does the fox threaten to do?

3. Which animal does the boy meet first?

4. Whom does the mole say is the hardest person to forgive?

5. What is the mole's first complaint?

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