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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 does Ned wish about visiting his mother?
(a) He could do so whenever he wants.
(b) That she didn't ask him so many questions.
(c) That it wasn't so glum.
(d) That she didn't ask him about school.

2. What causes Ned both great anxiety and excitement?
(a) The idea that his mother is getting better.
(b) The idea of going somewhere with just Hilary for Christmas.
(c) Having snuck the rifle out of his house in opposition to his father's orders.
(d) The idea that he has to take fencing lessons.

3. Where does Ned get the bronze goat he has in his room?
(a) His father had it as a child.
(b) He found it at a secondhand shop.
(c) Hilary got it in Greece.
(d) His mother had it as a child.

4. When does he want to take Ned?
(a) Over Christmas vacation.
(b) After fall harvest.
(c) During Spring break.
(d) Just before planting time.

5. What magazine does Ned love?
(a) Life.
(b) Scientific American.
(c) National Georgraphic.
(d) Mad Magazine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Ned and his father eat supper on the Sunday before Ned's birthday?

2. What emotion seems to be just below the surface of Mrs. Scallop?

3. What does Ned lose interest in after using it once?

4. In what decades is the novel set?

5. Why does Ned not like dining with members of the congregation?

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