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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 is the boy looking at when he asks how "they" can be so "together and perfect" (68)?
(a) Trees.
(b) Sheep.
(c) Swans.
(d) Clouds.

2. What does the mole say is the "greatest illusion" (69)?
(a) That life needs to be perfect.
(b) That friends will never hurt you.
(c) That you have to be interesting to be loved.
(d) That what other people think matters.

3. What accident happened to one of the drawings in the book?
(a) The author's dog walked over it.
(b) It was put in the wrong place in the book.
(c) The author lost it.
(d) The author accidentally drew a piglet instead of a mole.

4. What does the mole say is better than cake?
(a) Love.
(b) Kindness.
(c) Friends.
(d) Hugs.

5. What advice does the narrator give on the page where the boy, the mole, and the fox sit staring at a crescent moon?
(a) Be still.
(b) Be clever.
(c) Be curious.
(d) Be quiet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the mole's reason to keep going?

2. What secret has the horse been keeping?

3. When does the horse say it has been the strongest?

4. What color is the horse?

5. Who does the boy think believes in him more than he believes in himself?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the horse say is the most important thing, and why?

2. The horse asks the other three what their reasons are for keeping going. What do they say?

3. What is funny about one of the drawings that is about perfection?

4. What do the mole and the horse teach the boy about perfection?

5. What lesson does the horse teach the boy about courage?

6. What does the boy say about doing "nothing" with friends, (47), and what causes him to say it?

7. How does the art change when the boy falls into the water?

8. What is funny about the answer to the boy's question about the moon?

9. When the boy points out that the fox hardly ever talks, what does the fox say, and how does the horse react?

10. There are two separate sets of pictures of the four friends playing together. What is different about the second set of images?

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