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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 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.

2. What alarms Bernie, Abby, and Ben most about Spooker's behavior?
(a) She doesn't run around.
(b) She doesn't eat.
(c) She doesn't paw the ground.
(d) She doesn't drink.

3. What holds the barn door shut?
(a) A rope.
(b) A board.
(c) A chain.
(d) A padlock.

4. What trait gives Caroaggio his name?
(a) Courteousness.
(b) Courage.
(c) Cooperation.
(d) Caring.

5. Whose face is Bernie's face like?
(a) Madison's.
(b) Lincoln's.
(c) Franklin's.
(d) Washington's.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the Lady feel when Whittington uses big words?

3. How does Bernie react to the horses muzzling him?

4. What does Ben say when Whittington purrs?

5. How much does Dick Whittington pay for his cat?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the livery of Fitzwarren's guild?

3. What does Whittington slip off and do immediately after the first part of his story about Dick Whittington?

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

5. How does Ben react when Gran gives him something to read?

6. How did Will Price get his scar?

7. How did Whittington's former owner's parents react to his reading problem?

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

9. What argument does the Lady give in favor of Whittington moving into the barn?

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

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