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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 is the biggest waste of time?
(a) School.
(b) Comparing yourself to others.
(c) Worrying about whether people love you.
(d) Work.

2. What kind of a school does the boy wonder about?
(a) A school for kindness.
(b) A school for love.
(c) A school for animals.
(d) A school of unlearning.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the mole say is a great freedom?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Describe the first illustration that is in color.

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

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