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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the mole say is better than cake?
(a) Love.
(b) Kindness.
(c) Friends.
(d) Hugs.

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. What does the horse say asking for help is the same as?
(a) Refusing to take responsibility.
(b) Taking responsibility.
(c) Refusing to give up.
(d) Giving up.

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

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

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

15. 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 still.
(b) Be quiet.
(c) Be curious.
(d) Be clever.

Short Answer Questions

1. What secret has the horse been keeping?

2. What does the horse say is behind most good things?

3. What does the horse say is the bravest thing it has ever said?

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

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

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