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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. Who does Ned knows that lives in New York City?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His great-grandmother.
(c) His great-aunt.
(d) His maternal grandmother.

2. Why does Ned fluster Evelyn?
(a) He looks directly at her for a minute.
(b) He asks her to the movies.
(c) He asks if she wanted to be kissing the boy she was talking about.
(d) He presses her for information about the one-eyed cat.

3. Who brings cookies and apples to Ned's class?
(a) Ned's father.
(b) No one.
(c) Miss Jefferson.
(d) Mrs. Scallop.

4. What does Ned imagine as he is walking back to the house at night?
(a) That he has bested a brigand in a sword duel.
(b) That he has saved the family from marauders.
(c) Someone watching him from the woods.
(d) Someone watching him from the attic.

5. What does Ned have trouble doing that his father told him to do?
(a) Getting one of the cows ready for slaughter.
(b) Working a puzzle his dad gave him.
(c) Keep his mind off the gun.
(d) Spending time with Mrs. Scallop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What magazine does Ned love?

2. What does Ned clear out of Mr. Scully's attic?

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

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

5. Where does Ned realize his father is taking his present?

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