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

2. Who is Tom Lloyd?
(a) A stranger in town.
(b) Ned's main friend during this time.
(c) A thief.
(d) Ned's enemy.

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

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

5. How does Ned's honor result in him going to prison for six months?
(a) He is guilty of stealing the McCormicks' horse.
(b) He refuses to turn in Ben.
(c) He threatens Cons.
(d) He writes a threatening note to the McCormicks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who rides up and slanders Ned?

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

3. What does Ned's mother do to him after his father's death?

4. Why is it when Harry Power robs a stage coach, it is a farce?

5. To what American is Harry Power compared?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens after Ellen slaps Sergeant O'Neil?

3. What happens during the fight between Ned and Wild?

4. How is successful is Henry at robbing stage coaches?

5. Why does Ned say he would like nothing more than to have his cuffs removed so they could fight man to man?

6. What do the Kellys do when Ellen decides they should take advantage of the Duffy Land Act?

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

8. What story does Henry tell Ned about James Whitty?

9. Why does Ned feel obligated to turn himself in?

10. What does Ben do that Ned protects him by doing his prison time?

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