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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. How much does Al spend at the livestock auction?
(a) $5.30.
(b) $2.30.
(c) $3.30.
(d) $4.30.

2. How does the auctioneer at the livestock auction speak?
(a) Slower at first, and then very fast when there are some bids.
(b) Slow and steady all the time.
(c) Very fast at first, and then slower when there are some bids.
(d) Very fast all the time.

3. What does Miss O'Brian do with the words of Keith's story?
(a) She jumbles them up for him to reorganize them.
(b) She removes every other word for him to fill in.
(c) She draws them from a bucket and asks him to read them.
(d) She puts them on flash cards for him to practice.

4. Who attacks Dick's cat, after he kills the Great Rat?
(a) The rat's twenty grandchildren.
(b) The rat's four brothers.
(c) The rat's three sons.
(d) The rat's wife.

5. Who is the registered letter addressed to?
(a) Bernie and Marion.
(b) Just Bernie.
(c) Ben.
(d) Just Marion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What second thing does Ben compare his reading lessons to?

2. Who names the baby goat?

3. Who steps in to help care for Theo?

4. What is the first thing the Lady says when she finally arises from her sleeping place?

5. What book does Ben finish the Friday before Labor Day?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dick do in memory of his cat after the cat disappears?

2. What does Mary Green look like?

3. Why does Don think the special ed reading program might be good for Ben?

4. What proposition does Sir Louis have for Dick?

5. What advice does Bernie tell Ben that the principal gave?

6. What women does the book Sir Louis gives Dick say are the most beautiful in the world?

7. What effect do the bells have on Dick as he heads down the river to try to see Mary?

8. What does Ben think, when he observes the special reading lesson?

9. How did Mary's husband die?

10. What happens to Gent when autumn arrives?

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