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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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) To stay away from it.
(d) Not to fear it.

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

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

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

14. 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 mole eats it.
(d) The boy does not want it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the fox threaten to do?

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

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

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

5. What does the mole think that success is?

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