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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 fox's reason to keep going?
(a) His friends.
(b) Cake.
(c) Getting home.
(d) He does not have a choice.

2. What does the horse say is behind most good things?
(a) Kindness.
(b) Friendship.
(c) Love.
(d) Happiness.

3. What is the first thing that the four friends do once they are all together?
(a) Sing.
(b) Play.
(c) Eat.
(d) Nap.

4. What does the horse say asking for help is the same as?
(a) Refusing to give up.
(b) Giving up.
(c) Taking responsibility.
(d) Refusing to take responsibility.

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 quiet.
(b) Be curious.
(c) Be still.
(d) Be clever.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the mole say is better than cake?

2. What does the boy say he is afraid they will find out about him?

3. What secret has the horse been keeping?

4. What color is the horse?

5. When the friends tell the horse that they believe its story, what happens?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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