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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 does Don offer to do if Ben will sit in on a special ed reading class?
(a) Put in a good word with social services.
(b) Delay his reading test.
(c) Let him stay in his class most of the time.
(d) Not fail Ben.

2. Who helps Whittington train his children in the autumn?
(a) The Lady.
(b) Brahms.
(c) Wilhelmina.
(d) Spooker.

3. How old is Dick when he returns to England from Constantinople?
(a) Twenty-three.
(b) Twenty-two.
(c) Twenty-one.
(d) Twenty.

4. Who leads the baby ducks around?
(a) The Lady.
(b) The bantams.
(c) Brahms and Coraggio.
(d) Whittington.

5. What languages has Dick picked up that he plans to use in trading in Palermo?
(a) Portuguese and Romanian.
(b) Russian and French.
(c) Spanish and German.
(d) Italian and Arabic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who offers to guard the Lady when she comes out after the attack?

2. Where does Ben go to announce he will move forward with his class?

3. What does Coach O make Ben do when he dumps the sand tray?

4. As spring comes on, how many eggs do the chickens lay per day?

5. What are on all the the tables of Sir Louis' study?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How did Mary's husband die?

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

7. What does the cat's former owner say when Dick Whittington offers to share his fortune?

8. What is Ben's plan to stay with his class?

9. Why is Dick's cat allowed to come home to Dick?

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

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