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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 of the business does Sir Louis advise Dick to buy?
(a) All of it or none of it.
(b) One third.
(c) One half.
(d) Either one quarter or three quarters.

2. What do the kittens drink after their mother goes missing?
(a) Goat's milk.
(b) Sheep's milk.
(c) Cow's milk.
(d) Pig's milk.

3. What breed of dog is Marker?
(a) A grayhound.
(b) A Border collie.
(c) A dachsund.
(d) A German shorthair pointer.

4. Who primarily trades with the East for rhubarb?
(a) Russia.
(b) France.
(c) Greece.
(d) Italy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What repair does Bernie say the principal's car needs, after his inspection of the car?

2. What word is a boy struggling to write when Ben first visits the special reading class?

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

4. Who names the baby goat?

5. Who does Marker injure in the barn?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does Ben pet Whittington, and how does Whittington respond?

2. What trip does Whittington say he must take?

3. What does Mary Green look like?

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

5. What happens to Gent when autumn arrives?

6. What did Dick Whittington spend his fortune on in his last years?

7. What does Sir Louis do when he notices that Dick is interested in his daughter?

8. How does Ben react to the prospect of being sent to special ed classes?

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

10. After Ben talks to the animals in the barn about what his reading lessons were like, what do they all do?

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