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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What kind of a school does the boy wonder about?
(a) A school for kindness.
(b) A school of unlearning.
(c) A school for love.
(d) A school for animals.

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

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

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

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

12. 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.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What dessert is the mole obsessed with?

2. What does the mole think that success is?

3. Who does the mole tell the boy he should be kind to?

4. For what purpose does the mole close its eyes and breathe?

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

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