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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Parcel 3, "His Life at 15 Years of Age".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does this prelude begin?
(a) At midnight.
(b) Strangely.
(c) Sadly.
(d) In the forest.

2. It is an eyewitness account starting when?
(a) At the end of a gunfight.
(b) In the middle of a gunfight.
(c) Years after the famous gunfight.
(d) At the beginning of a gunfight.

3. What does Ned do to the Murray's calf that is stuck?
(a) He tries to pet it.
(b) He tries to free it.
(c) He tries to save it.
(d) He tries to kill it.

4. What is Ellen's admission that no profit is ever going to show up from the cloth idea?
(a) She tells Ned that it is just a scheme.
(b) The cloth has disappeared.
(c) Bill never returns.
(d) Ellen allows Ned to hired Billy Gray to help on the farm.

5. Who has a fiery nature, strong temper, and a difficult time dealing with Red Kelly, Ned's father?
(a) Ned's mother.
(b) Ned's sister.
(c) Ned's aunt.
(d) Ned's grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Although he is young, what does Ned quickly prove?

2. What does Ellen tell her sons when she picks them up?

3. Why does Ellen attack the banshee with an ax?

4. Why does Ned not like Bill Frost?

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

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