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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters VII and VIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is at the place Hilary intends to visit?
(a) Some pyramid ruins.
(b) A monastery.
(c) A leper colony.
(d) Native flowers Hilary wants to study.

2. What do Ned and Billy discuss?
(a) Making the baseball team in the Spring.
(b) The possibility of playing hockey with the bigger boys.
(c) Going to a school dance.
(d) Learning to speed skate.

3. What does Mama mention that embarrasses Ned?
(a) His uncle's high regard for Ned.
(b) The air rifle.
(c) His changing voice.
(d) A girl in his school.

4. What does Ned believe about his mother and Hilary?
(a) They are both pranksters.
(b) They can read minds.
(c) They have a special understanding.
(d) They have nothing in common.

5. What does Mr. Scully use for lighting?
(a) A kerosene lamp.
(b) A fancy chandelier.
(c) A flashlight.
(d) A bare electric bulb.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Ned visit his mother one day?

2. Who arrives where Ned is sitting?

3. What does Ned and his mother see?

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

5. What does Papa notice when he and Ned are trimming the Christmas tree?

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