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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Parcel 5, "His Early Contact with Senior Policemen".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ned take an alternate way to school?
(a) He is meeting a friend.
(b) He wants an adventure.
(c) The road is destroyed.
(d) To avoid teasing.

2. What does his mother give Ned to wear for when the police come to take him in?
(a) A scarf she has made him.
(b) A rosary.
(c) His sash from saving Dick Shelton.
(d) A lucky charm.

3. How are the chapters referred to through out the book?
(a) As letters.
(b) As years.
(c) As sections.
(d) As parcels

4. Of what does Ellen Quinn decide the family should be taking advantage?
(a) The Embargo Act.
(b) The Duffy Land Act.
(c) The money from Dick Shelton's family.
(d) The death of Red.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What system do the two cops use when interrogating Ned?

2. Who summons Ned on behalf of Harry Power?

3. The creature turns out to be who, covered in thick sheets of iron, but not at the legs?

4. Who does Ned say is by far and away the best cop he has ever known?

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

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