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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. For what purpose does the mole close its eyes and breathe?
(a) To think about what to say.
(b) To calm itself down.
(c) To focus on the present moment.
(d) To focus on its sense of hearing.

2. Where does the mole say that love will bring the boy?
(a) To himself.
(b) Home.
(c) Heaven.
(d) To his friends.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the mole's first complaint?

2. Where do the mole and the boy often sit and talk?

3. What dessert is the mole obsessed with?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe what happens when the boy and the mole are looking at their reflections in the river.

6. Describe the first illustration that is in color.

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

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

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

10. 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?

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