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

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

3. What is the first thing that the boy says to the mole?
(a) Hello.
(b) Who are you?
(c) Please move.
(d) Can you help me?

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

5. Whom does the mole say is the hardest person to forgive?
(a) Yourself.
(b) Your enemy.
(c) A person who will not apologize.
(d) Someone you love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse?

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

3. After it is rescued, what does the fox draw in the snow?

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

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sad thing does the boy say that he feels, and how does the mole try to cheer him up?

2. 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?

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

4. Describe the first illustration that is in color.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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