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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Annie marry?
(a) Harry Power.
(b) Bill Frost.
(c) Billy Gray.
(d) Alex Gunn.

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

3. Harry Power says, "forget your mamma. There ain't no happiness for neither of us at Eleven Mile Creek." What is significant about this statement?
(a) Harry loves Ned's mamma.
(b) It is the best piece of advice Ned will receive.
(c) Harry had forgotten his own mamma.
(d) Eleven Mile Creek is the only place they will find happiness.

4. 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) A lucky charm.
(d) His sash from saving Dick Shelton.

5. What is Ned amazed to see when he goes home?
(a) How easily his mother is bullied by Bill Frost.
(b) How much is mother has changed for the better.
(c) His mother is pregnant.
(d) His home is a disaster.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Ned viewed after the fight?

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

3. What do Ned and Harry travel through to get to Bill?

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

5. What does Wild Wright not tell Ned about the horse he is allowing him to borrow?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ned respond to Patchy Moran spreading a rumor about his father?

2. How does Ned get more jail time for horse thievery?

3. Uncle James makes a good impression on the family, but how does that change?

4. What is this story about?

5. Why is Ned amazed to see how easily his mother is bullied by Bill Frost?

6. How do people feel about Ned Kelly?

7. What becomes of Annie and Jem?

8. What does Ned do when he sees Dick Shelton drowning in the creek?

9. How does the novel start?

10. How does Ned's family respond when he arrives home?

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