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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Don offer to do if Ben will sit in on a special ed reading class?
(a) Not fail Ben.
(b) Delay his reading test.
(c) Let him stay in his class most of the time.
(d) Put in a good word with social services.

2. Who does Dick find who might be able to do an operation on his cat?
(a) A butcher.
(b) A tailor.
(c) A dentist.
(d) A barber.

3. Where does Gent spend the nights?
(a) In the barn next to Lady.
(b) In the barn's rafters.
(c) In the barn next to the goats.
(d) Outside.

4. Who offers to guard the Lady when she comes out after the attack?
(a) The goat.
(b) The crows.
(c) Whittington.
(d) The hoses.

5. What does Wilhelmina say that the Lady is like?
(a) A kind grandmother.
(b) A regal queen.
(c) A dear sister.
(d) A Dutch aunt.

6. How does Ben react when Marion tells him about her meeting with his teacher?
(a) He gets mad and yells at her.
(b) He doesn't seem surprised or upset.
(c) He pretends not to hear her and won't talk.
(d) He tries to make a joke out of it.

7. What does the Lady say isn't everything?
(a) The south.
(b) Love.
(c) Flying.
(d) Mating.

8. What does Ben compare his reading lessons to?
(a) Climbing a mountain.
(b) Learning to play a piano.
(c) Reaching for a brass ring.
(d) Coming in out of the dark.

9. Whose life does the book Sir Louis wants Dick to read recount?
(a) Leif Erickson.
(b) Zhang Qian.
(c) Marco Polo.
(d) Ferdinand Magellan.

10. What does the cat wear on her leg immediately after the operation?
(a) A bandage.
(b) A cast.
(c) A splint.
(d) A sling.

11. Who leads the baby ducks around?
(a) Brahms and Coraggio.
(b) Whittington.
(c) The Lady.
(d) The bantams.

12. How does Marion feel at first about sending Ben to special ed?
(a) She thinks special ed classes will end up being fun for Ben.
(b) She thinks the people at the school must know what's best for Ben.
(c) She thinks the people at the school are biased and don't know what's best for Ben.
(d) She thinks special ed classes will end up making Ben's problems worse.

13. Why did Ben get sent home from school?
(a) For hitting another boy.
(b) For tearing up another student's paper.
(c) For throwing a stapler.
(d) For screaming during class.

14. How old is Dick when he returns to England from Constantinople?
(a) Twenty-two.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Twenty-one.
(d) Twenty-three.

15. What repair does Bernie say the principal's car needs, after his inspection of the car?
(a) A new brake line.
(b) A new timing belt.
(c) New tires.
(d) New spark plugs.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Dick can hear his cat again, what does the cat tell him?

2. Which of the following trait does Theo NOT acquire?

3. What common item does Whittington explain used to be expensive in Dick's time but is cheap in the present for Ben and Abby?

4. What is Fitzwarren's policy in his business?

5. What does the Old One call Ben?

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