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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maggie try to feed Rumpus in Chapter 33 that he will not eat?
(a) Meat pie.
(b) Lamb soup.
(c) Beef soup.
(d) Cottage pie.

2. In Chapter 51, who wants to take photos of Rumpus?
(a) Evelyn.
(b) Fred.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Vince.

3. In Chapter 43, how long does it take Fred and Maggie to make a pen for Rumpus?
(a) 3 1/2 hours.
(b) 3 hours.
(c) 4 hours.
(d) 4 1/2 hours.

4. How is Rumpus caught in Chapter 42?
(a) Ground pit.
(b) Steel trap.
(c) Wire cage.
(d) Snare.

5. In Chapter 32, what time does Rumpus walk through the forest?
(a) Mid-morning.
(b) A half an hour after dawn.
(c) Dawn.
(d) An hour before dawn.

6. In Chapter 41, what time does Fred want Maggie to take him to Rumpus?
(a) Late morning.
(b) Mid-afternoon.
(c) Almost dusk.
(d) Noon

7. In Chapter 33, what is Fred chopping when Maggie returns to the cottage?
(a) Leeks.
(b) Carrots.
(c) Onions.
(d) Garlic.

8. What does Rumpus think he senses at the beginning of Chapter 26?
(a) Tractors.
(b) Smoke.
(c) Fire.
(d) Machine.

9. In Chapter 42, where does Rumpus slip away to after he hears the humans whispering to one another?
(a) Ash tree.
(b) The oak.
(c) Beech tree.
(d) A hollow log.

10. In Chapter 36, how does Rumpus spend most of his day?
(a) Dozing in the branches of a beech tree.
(b) Dozing in the branches of the oak.
(c) In a cave.
(d) In a hollow log.

11. In Chapter 47, what type of cane does Lord Foy have?
(a) Silver-knobbed.
(b) Bronze-knobbed.
(c) Copper-knobbed.
(d) Gold-knobbed.

12. What wakes Maggie after she falls asleep next to Rumpus's cage in Chapter 47?
(a) Howling from the forest.
(b) Car pulling into the driveway.
(c) Yelling.
(d) Shouting.

13. How many days has it been in Chapter 47 since Maggie found Rumpus in a gin trap?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 11.
(d) 13.

14. Where does Vince think Maggie may be able to go to school?
(a) St. Paul's Primary.
(b) St. Joseph's Primary.
(c) St. Anne's Primary.
(d) St. Stephen's Primary.

15. In Chapter 32, what does Rumpus find to eat in the trash in the village?
(a) Steak.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Raw bacon rind.
(d) Hamburger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fred fix to eat in Chapter 49?

2. Where did Molly Burkitt volunteer during the war?

3. What type of beetle burrows into the oak in Chapter 30?

4. In Chapter 46, where does Fred swerve that causes Rumpus to throw up?

5. What time are Maggie and the others still sitting at the kitchen table in Chapter 50?

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