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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the Lady ask Whittington to tell the story of his name?
(a) She wants the other animals to accept him.
(b) She wants him to feel accepted.
(c) Everyone is bored.
(d) To stop everyone from arguing.

2. What does Bernie give Ted in exchange for hauling his horses?
(a) Gas.
(b) A tool chest.
(c) A watch.
(d) A car.

3. What does Fitzwarren always buy from sailors?
(a) Glassware.
(b) Plants.
(c) Pipes.
(d) Carvings.

4. What makes the barn begin to smell like home to the horses?
(a) The chickens and roosters.
(b) A good cleaning.
(c) Green bales of hay.
(d) The spring wind coming through the barn door.

5. What did the rats kill the deckled gray for?
(a) His meat.
(b) Trying to protect an egg.
(c) The food in his craw.
(d) Revenge.

6. While trying to read a psalm, what does Ben pronounce instead of "death"?
(a) cleath.
(b) peath.
(c) beath.
(d) heath.

7. What is Havey named after?
(a) A car model.
(b) A motor oil.
(c) A type of engine.
(d) A tire company.

8. What color do the finches turn as spring approaches?
(a) Yelow.
(b) Orange.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

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

10. Who taught Dick Whittington to read?
(a) No one.
(b) His uncle.
(c) A teacher.
(d) His grandmother.

11. Who does the carriage driver tell the agent that Dick is?
(a) A wanted criminal.
(b) A son of a friend of his.
(c) An itinerant orphan.
(d) A distant cousin.

12. About how old is Fitzwarren?
(a) In his fifties.
(b) In his thirties.
(c) In his forties.
(d) In his sixties.

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

14. How long is Dick on the road with the carriage?
(a) Three months.
(b) Four months.
(c) Five months.
(d) Two months.

15. What does Whittington suggest that Ben do to help improve his reading?
(a) Try to understand a sentence before saying it.
(b) Practice copying passages.
(c) Memorize words.
(d) Practice identifying letters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the king initially offer Dick for his cat?

2. What birds cause the horses to tear around because the noise reminds them of crowds at the horse races?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 19, what does Whittington ask if Ben can do?

4. What did Bernie forget to do to the horses?

5. Who used to live in the hutch Bernie puts the black hen in?

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