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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters V and VI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What What does Mr. Scully instruct Ned to throw out?
(a) Some old canned goods.
(b) Some mementos from Doris' childhood.
(c) Some mice-infested grain.
(d) Some mice-infested blankets.

2. How old is Mr. Scully?
(a) About 80.
(b) About 95.
(c) About 70.
(d) About 55.

3. Who does Ned encounter one day at Mr. Scully's house?
(a) Mrs. Kimball.
(b) Doris.
(c) No one.
(d) A bear.

4. Why is Ned particularly excited about traveling with Hilary?
(a) He gets to do something that his brother does not.
(b) Ned has never traveled before.
(c) He can backpack in the mountains.
(d) He gets to do something that his sister does not.

5. What emotion seems to be just below the surface of Mrs. Scallop?
(a) Joy.
(b) Anger.
(c) Depression.
(d) Self-righteousness.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does Ned lie to his mama?

2. What does Ned have trouble doing that his father told him to do?

3. Why doesn't Ned visit his mother one day?

4. What topic does Ned's mother ask Ned about which he does not answer?

5. What does Mrs. Scallop sometimes lapse into?

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