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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the boy want to be when he grows up?
(a) Smart.
(b) Funny.
(c) Kind.
(d) Happy.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does the mole think that success is?
(a) To be happy.
(b) To love.
(c) Money.
(d) Education.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After it is rescued, what does the fox draw in the snow?

2. Who rescues the mole when it falls in the river?

3. What is the first thing that the boy says to the mole?

4. Which animal does the boy meet first?

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

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