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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters V and VI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What still worries Ned after he returns home from Mr. Scully's house?
(a) The one-eyed cat.
(b) His father's bad back.
(c) Doris not seeing her father more often.
(d) His mother's new treatment.

2. In what decades is the novel set?
(a) 1940s.
(b) 1920s.
(c) 1930s.
(d) 1950s.

3. What does Ned's father not understand about Mr. Kimball?
(a) Why he travels out of town so much.
(b) Why is treats his wife so poorly.
(c) Why he does not discipline his children.
(d) How he affords to feed such a large family.

4. In what month does Ned's birthday fall?
(a) June.
(b) January.
(c) October.
(d) April.

5. What does Ned know about Mr. Scully and the man's house?
(a) Mr. Scully will probably not be returning home.
(b) Mr. Scully loves to be in his own house.
(c) Mr. Scully signed the house over to his daughter.
(d) Mr. Scully built the house himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what area of the country does Ned and his family live?

2. Where does Ned walk by where his mother used to keep her horse?

3. What does Mrs. Scallop give Ned for his birthday?

4. What magazine does Ned love?

5. What does James Wallis tell his son to refrain from when at the Brewster's home?

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