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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the horse?
(a) White.
(b) Red.
(c) Brown.
(d) Black.

2. What is the boy's reason to keep going?
(a) He does not have a choice.
(b) Cake.
(c) His friends.
(d) Getting home.

3. What does the horse say is the bravest thing it has ever said?
(a) Help.
(b) Hello.
(c) No.
(d) Goodbye.

4. Who does the boy think believes in him more than he believes in himself?
(a) His friends.
(b) His teachers.
(c) No one.
(d) His family.

5. What does the mole say is the "greatest illusion" (69)?
(a) That friends will never hurt you.
(b) That you have to be interesting to be loved.
(c) That life needs to be perfect.
(d) That what other people think matters.

6. When the friends tell the horse that they believe its story, what happens?
(a) The horse reveals another secret.
(b) The horse weeps.
(c) The horse hugs them.
(d) The horse's appearance changes.

7. What accident happened to one of the drawings in the book?
(a) The author lost it.
(b) The author accidentally drew a piglet instead of a mole.
(c) The author's dog walked over it.
(d) It was put in the wrong place in the book.

8. What does the horse tell the fox about being interesting?
(a) Honesty is interesting.
(b) Kindness is interesting.
(c) Humor is interesting.
(d) Weakness is interesting.

9. What advice does the narrator give on the page where the boy, the mole, and the fox sit staring at a crescent moon?
(a) Be curious.
(b) Be still.
(c) Be quiet.
(d) Be clever.

10. What is the mole's reason to keep going?
(a) His friends.
(b) Cake.
(c) Getting home.
(d) He does not have a choice.

11. What is the boy looking at when he asks "Is it the moon?" (70)?
(a) A star.
(b) A tea cup stain.
(c) An airplane.
(d) The moon.

12. What does the horse say is behind most good things?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Love.
(d) Kindness.

13. What secret has the horse been keeping?
(a) It can become invisible.
(b) It can fly.
(c) It is really a zebra.
(d) It was not an accident that they met.

14. What is the first thing that the four friends do once they are all together?
(a) Eat.
(b) Nap.
(c) Sing.
(d) Play.

15. What is the fox's reason to keep going?
(a) His friends.
(b) Getting home.
(c) Cake.
(d) He does not have a choice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the horse tell the boy is true about everyone?

2. What does the boy notice about the fox?

3. When does the horse say it has been the strongest?

4. What does the horse tell the boy is a strength, not a weakness?

5. What is the boy looking at when he asks how "they" can be so "together and perfect" (68)?

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