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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters I and II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of potatoes does Mrs. Brewster serve?
(a) Unrecognizable.
(b) The best in the town.
(c) French fried.
(d) Lumpy mashed.

2. How does Ned perceive his family life before his mother is ill?
(a) As calm.
(b) As solemn.
(c) As boring.
(d) As happy.

3. Where does Ned go after the household is in bed?
(a) To the basement.
(b) To retrieve his present.
(c) Outside to try to catch a raccoon.
(d) Outside to catch frogs.

4. What is Powerful Katinka?
(a) A advertising character.
(b) A cartoon character.
(c) A vacuum cleaner.
(d) A teenage girl down the street from Ned.

5. Where does Ned and his father visit a parishioner years before?
(a) A veteran's home.
(b) An asylum.
(c) Jail.
(d) The hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Scallop?

2. What causes Ned both great anxiety and excitement?

3. How many siblings does Ned have?

4. What do many people lose during the Great Depression?

5. What does the narrator say about the Brewster's lifestyle?

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