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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Havey get exercise?
(a) By running up and down the farm road to the barn.
(b) By chasing the Lady and nipping at the horses.
(c) By running after rats and chickens.
(d) By running round and round the barn while Bernie waters the animals.

2. What birds appear as the weather warms?
(a) Robins and blackbirds.
(b) Sparrows and robins.
(c) Bluebirds and sparrows.
(d) Bluebirds and blackbirds.

3. What do the chickens do when someone lays an egg?
(a) They all swawk.
(b) They all scratch the ground.
(c) They all huddle together.
(d) They all flap their wings.

4. What games do the rats play while waiting for Whittington to continue his story?
(a) Tag and scratch-my-back.
(b) Twitch-my-nose and hide-and-seek.
(c) Chase-my-tail and leapfrog.
(d) Red rover and bite-my-ears.

5. Why does the Lady think that people shouldn't look down while listening to a story?
(a) They'll fall asleep.
(b) They'll get a neck ache.
(c) They'll think badly of the storyteller.
(d) They'll get distracted.

6. What is the horses' initial response to the idea of Whittington moving into the barn?
(a) They think Whittington will probably be effective against the rats.
(b) They disapprove because they dislike cats.
(c) They don't have an opinion.
(d) They approve because they like cats.

7. What does Bernie put down, to try to make the farm road more passable?
(a) Bricks.
(b) Sand.
(c) Paving stones.
(d) Gravel.

8. How do the rats in the barn sleep?
(a) Bunched together in groups of two or three in hollows in the wood.
(b) In groups of ten or twelve, with one always awake and watching.
(c) All rolled up together underground.
(d) Each in a separate small pile of shreddedhay.

9. What does the stranger with the gold coin give to Dick?
(a) A loaf of bread.
(b) A letter.
(c) An apple.
(d) A piece of candy.

10. Why doesn't Bernie take Havey home?
(a) Because she has fleas.
(b) Because she bites.
(c) Because she is afraid of children.
(d) Because Marion is allergic.

11. What are the puddings the cook sometimes serves like?
(a) Sweet and rich.
(b) Rich but not sweet.
(c) Sweet but not rich.
(d) Neither rich nor sweet.

12. What ailment causes Bernie to talk about selling out every winter?
(a) Rickets.
(b) Gout.
(c) Allergies.
(d) Arthritis.

13. How cold is it on the night the black hen is frozen?
(a) Zero degrees.
(b) Fifteen degrees below zero.
(c) Five degrees below zero.
(d) Ten degrees below zero.

14. What did Whitington's former family call him?
(a) Fluffer.
(b) Old Gray.
(c) Bent Ear.
(d) Tabby.

15. What did Ben take before locking himself in the bathroom?
(a) A book of matches.
(b) A bottle of beer.
(c) A piece of pie.
(d) A kitchen knife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of the black hen is injured after she is revived?

2. What is the rat who crawls out during Whittington's story trying to get?

3. What do the rats ask for, in addition to safety from the cat?

4. What color stripe is on the mainsail of the ship Dick sails on?

5. What nationality does the Lady say her ancestors are?

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