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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. 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 into a mirror.
(b) Looking at their reflections in water.
(c) Watching the fox.
(d) Walking through the forest.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the mole say that love will bring the boy?

2. What does the mole think that success is?

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

4. What does the fox threaten to do?

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

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