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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters III and IV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Ned's father installed on the house for protection?
(a) Nothing; the town is quite safe.
(b) Door locks.
(c) Bars on the windows.
(d) Lightening rods.

2. Who is Mrs. Scallop?
(a) The first housekeeper for the Wallis family.
(b) The next-door neighbor to the Wallis family.
(c) Ned's current teacher.
(d) The present housekeeper for the Wallis family.

3. Where does Ned travel that night?
(a) To the back pasture.
(b) To the lake.
(c) To his best friend's house.
(d) To the woods.

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

5. What does Ned decide about Charleston?
(a) He does not want to go.
(b) He wants to go but not until the summer.
(c) He will do whatever his father tells him to do.
(d) He wants to go but only for the day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Doris send Mr. Scully about once a month?

2. How does Mrs. Scallop often refer to herself?

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

4. Why does Ned not mind listening to Mr. Scully ramble?

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

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