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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Parcel 4, "His Life at 16 Years of Age".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the school bully who hears a story about Ned's father and passes it around?
(a) Red Kelly.
(b) Michael O'Connor.
(c) Dick Shelton.
(d) Patchy Moran.

2. What does Harry take the time to point out about the wood?
(a) It is very smooth.
(b) It is a hardwood.
(c) It is easy to cut.
(d) It is so thick as to be bullet proof.

3. Ned Kelly takes place in some competitions early such as riding and the long jump that he wins, but what does he realize?
(a) He could win every event.
(b) How out of place he is.
(c) He can not win every event.
(d) He is not the athlete he thought he was.

4. Why does Ned not like Bill Frost?
(a) Bill knows more about agriculture and land management than Ned.
(b) Ned has to work harder when Bill is around.
(c) He pretends to know everything about agriculture and land management.
(d) He is Ellen's suitor.

5. What does Ned say about how much he and his father communicate the final eight months of his father's life?
(a) They become very close and communicate frequently.
(b) They have very deep conversations.
(c) They never exchange another twelve words between each other.
(d) They do not speak to one another.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ned get into a huge fight with a farmer?

2. What eventually happens to Ned?

3. What is Ned amazed to see when he goes home?

4. What do Turk Morrison, Bill Frost, Alex Gunn, and the infamous Harry Power have in common?

5. For what do the police take Ned's father to prison?

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