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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which animal does the boy meet first?

3. Whom does the mole say is the hardest person to forgive?

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

5. What does the boy say he sometimes feels?

Short Essay Questions

1. What important ideas are brought up in the conversations between the boy and the mole?

2. The mole says that it has learned how to be in the present. How does the mole do this?

3. Describe what happens when the boy and the mole meet the fox?

4. Describe the first illustration that is in color.

5. When the boy asks the mole what his favorite saying is, what does the mole reply, and why is his reply funny?

6. When the boy and the mole are gazing out over a landscape--hills and grassy fields--what question does the boy ask, and what does the mole answer?

7. What happens when the mole tries to give the boy cake?

8. What does the mole first say to the boy, and what does the boy reply?

9. What two things does the mole say about taking care of our own feelings?

10. What three reasons does the mole give for freeing the fox?

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