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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who rescues the fox?

2. Which animal does the boy meet second?

3. What does the mole say the older moles it knows wish they had focused on?

4. What happens to the dessert that the mole tries to bring the boy?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

7. Describe the first illustration that is in color.

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

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