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

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

3. What are many of the homes like near where Ned lives?
(a) Crowded with several families per home.
(b) Abandoned.
(c) Run down.
(d) Well kept.

4. To whom had the present once belonged?
(a) Mama's brother.
(b) No one.
(c) Mama's cousin.
(d) Ned's grandfather.

5. What does Mr. Scully say comes into his yard regularly?
(a) A bear.
(b) The one-eyed cat.
(c) A raccoon.
(d) Two deer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Hilary want to take Ned?

2. Of what does Ned feel a little jealous?

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

4. How old is Mr. Scully?

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

(see the answer key)

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