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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Parcel 2, "His Life Ages 12-15".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ned begin to hate his uncle?
(a) He steals from the family.
(b) He is unkind to his mother.
(c) He is just looking to get into bed with his mother.
(d) He beats his sisters.

2. What do Turk Morrison, Bill Frost, Alex Gunn, and the infamous Harry Power have in common?
(a) They want to help on the farm.
(b) They are suitors.
(c) They all love Ellen.
(d) They are criminals.

3. What is told by the papers has a tendency to do what?
(a) Lie.
(b) Tell the truth.
(c) Exaggerate the truth.
(d) Tell a portion of the truth.

4. What does Ellen tell her sons when she picks them up?
(a) She is remarried.
(b) She loves them.
(c) She needs to sell them to buy a thousand acre lot.
(d) She has bought a thousand acre lot.

5. Who looks like an apparition of Red?
(a) Ned.
(b) Uncle James.
(c) Bill Frost.
(d) Alex Gunn.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what American is Harry Power compared?

2. What is one of the worst and most notorious prisons in a land full of bad prisons?

3. Why is the age of twelve significant for Ned?

4. Who is the school bully who hears a story about Ned's father and passes it around?

5. To who is Ned's life very much akin?

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