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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 horse tell the fox about being interesting?
(a) Honesty is interesting.
(b) Humor is interesting.
(c) Kindness is interesting.
(d) Weakness is interesting.

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

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

4. When does the horse say it has been the strongest?
(a) When it has stood up for itself.
(b) When it has helped others.
(c) When it has refused to change.
(d) When it has shown weakness.

5. When the friends tell the horse that they believe its story, what happens?
(a) The horse reveals another secret.
(b) The horse hugs them.
(c) The horse weeps.
(d) The horse's appearance changes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing that the four friends do once they are all together?

2. What is the boy looking at when he asks how "they" can be so "together and perfect" (68)?

3. What accident happened to one of the drawings in the book?

4. What secret has the horse been keeping?

5. What does the horse say is the bravest thing it has ever said?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. When the boy realizes that his friends know all about him, what does he ask and what do they answer?

10. What lesson does the horse teach the boy about strength?

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