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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 is the weather like when Whittington first meets the Lady?
(a) Hot.
(b) Hailing.
(c) Rainy.
(d) Cold.

2. What does the rooster find by kicking away straw and dung?
(a) New grass and weeds.
(b) Snails.
(c) Roots.
(d) Worms.

3. What do Ben, Bernie, and Abby use to get hot water down to the barn when the road is blocked with snow?
(a) A wheelbarrow.
(b) A wagon.
(c) A sled.
(d) An old tire.

4. What does the merchant want to know from Dick?
(a) Where he comes from.
(b) What useful skill he has.
(c) What he plans to do with his life.
(d) Why he came to London.

5. How long do Whittington's injuries from the fight last?
(a) Until April Fool's Day.
(b) Until New Year's.
(c) Until St. Patrick's Day.
(d) Until Valentine's Day.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the bantams roost when not sitting on eggs?

2. Why is Bernie afraid to put down rat poison?

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

4. Who is the first animal to make friends with the black hen?

5. What do the rats call themselves?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who brought the horses' ancestors to the Americas, and why?

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

3. What does Whittington the cat look like?

4. What reasons does Dick give the carriage driver to try to convince him to bring Dick to London?

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

6. How do the flock of birds in the cornfield react when the Lady and Whittington go to investigate them?

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

8. What book does Abby bring for Ben's reading lesson?

9. How does Whittington take his bath?

10. What happened to Abby and Ben's parents?

(see the answer keys)

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