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

2. Although he is young, what does Ned quickly prove?
(a) He can work as hard as any man.
(b) He is a better man than his father ever was.
(c) He is good with horses.
(d) He loves his family.

3. The book is written from whose point of view?
(a) Red Kelly's.
(b) Ned Kelly's.
(c) Mary Kelly's.
(d) Grace Kelly's.

4. What does Ned's mother do to him after his father's death?
(a) She sells him off to a bush ranger against his will.
(b) She make him become the man of the house against his will.
(c) She orders him off her property, since he kills his father.
(d) She gives him away, and he is adopted by an Irish family.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does Ellen Quinn decide the family should be taking advantage?

2. What does Ned say about how much he and his father communicate the final eight months of his father's life?

3. What is actually happening as Ned dreams about burning in hell?

4. What does Ned do to the Murray's calf that is stuck?

5. Who has a fiery nature, strong temper, and a difficult time dealing with Red Kelly, Ned's father?

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