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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 affliction is the herb the captain tells Fitzwarren about used to treat?
(a) Bilious fever.
(b) Kidney and bladder stones.
(c) Melancholia.
(d) Blood poisoning.

2. Where does Dick Whittington's cat put his killed rats while aboard ship?
(a) By Dick's bunk.
(b) In the galley by the water barrels.
(c) Near the masthead.
(d) On deck by the hatchway.

3. Who does the Lady suggest should help Ben learn to read?
(a) Bernie.
(b) Marion.
(c) Abby.
(d) Whittington.

4. What nationality does the Lady say her ancestors are?
(a) French.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Italian.
(d) English.

5. How old does Dick tell Will Price he is?
(a) Nine.
(b) Seven.
(c) Six.
(d) Eight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has a fall in the snow?

2. What did the rats kill the deckled gray for?

3. Why does the Lady ask Whittington to tell the story of his name?

4. What is Gregory's job in his flock?

5. What is the first part of London that the travelers approach?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the man who sells Dick Whittington his cat look like?

2. In the fable the Lady tells, what does the rat save the lion from?

3. What trouble does Ben have with the first word he learns?

4. What worries Abby about the chickens' spring eating habits?

5. What does Dick ask for, in addition to the king's initial offer, in exchange for his cat?

6. What are the first two horses that Bernie buys?

7. What is the one warm spot outside the barn during the snowy winter?

8. What advice does the vet give Bernie when he calls about Spooker?

9. What does the Lady tell Whittington about the horses, when Whittington first arrives in the barn?

10. How does the captain react to Dick Whittington's cat?

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