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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What eventually happens to Ned?
(a) He escapes.
(b) He is hanged.
(c) He is set free.
(d) He dies from old age in prison.

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

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

5. Who is described as dangerously powerful?
(a) The commissioner.
(b) The police dogs.
(c) The police officers.
(d) The rector.

6. What does Wild Wright not tell Ned about the horse he is allowing him to borrow?
(a) It is lame.
(b) It is stolen.
(c) It is wild.
(d) It is pregnant.

7. To where is Ned transported to receive further interrogation?
(a) London.
(b) Belfast.
(c) Melbourne.
(d) Sydney.

8. Who is falsely charged with the theft of the watch and gelding?
(a) Ned.
(b) Uncle James.
(c) Bill.
(d) Uncle Jack Lloyd.

9. What does Ellen do when she is convinced Bill is gone and will not come back?
(a) She lays down to die.
(b) She marries another suitor.
(c) She asks Ned to come home.
(d) She grieves as a widow.

10. Ned dislikes Bill. How does Bill feel about Ned?
(a) He respects him.
(b) Bill dislikes Ned as much as Ned dislikes him.
(c) He does not think about Ned.
(d) Bill thinks of Ned like a son.

11. Why does Ned's mother call him a fool, and say they would not do the same for him if the situation were reversed?
(a) Ned is turning his uncles in.
(b) Ned is supporting his uncles.
(c) Ned is giving money to his uncles.
(d) Ned has decided to turn himself in.

12. What does Ned not know, at first, about Officer Fitzpatrick?
(a) He is his cousin.
(b) He is a welterweight champion.
(c) He is a police officer.
(d) He is a horrible person.

13. Why do the McCormicks lie and say the Kellys work their horse without permission?
(a) They want to be compensated.
(b) They want to get rid of the horse.
(c) They want to get Ned into trouble.
(d) They like to start trouble.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ned meet for the first time at this meal?

2. Why does everyone but his mother, brothers and sisters hate Ned?

3. What do they show, to Ned's amazement?

4. With what does Ben drive the McCormicks off?

5. How does Ned respond to the commissioner?

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