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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what book does Ned's teacher read in honor of Ned's birthday?
(a) The Last of the Mohicans.
(b) The Call of the Wild.
(c) Life on the Mississippi.
(d) The House of Seven Gables.

2. Who are Evelyn Kimball, Janet Hoffman, and Billy Gaskell?
(a) The most popular kids at school.
(b) Three kids at Ned's church.
(c) Ned's closest friends.
(d) Ned's three favorite cousins.

3. What is Powerful Katinka?
(a) A cartoon character.
(b) A vacuum cleaner.
(c) A teenage girl down the street from Ned.
(d) A advertising character.

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

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

6. What does Mrs. Scallop tell Ned about his birth?
(a) She knows nothing about Ned's birth.
(b) It was a very stormy night when Ned arrived.
(c) It was very easy for his mama.
(d) It brought on Mama's rheumatism.

7. What causes Ned both great anxiety and excitement?
(a) The idea that his mother is getting better.
(b) The idea that he has to take fencing lessons.
(c) Having snuck the rifle out of his house in opposition to his father's orders.
(d) The idea of going somewhere with just Hilary for Christmas.

8. Where does Hilary want to take Ned?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Nashville.
(c) Nag's Head.
(d) Savannah.

9. What do Ned and Mr. Scully watch in the yard through the window?
(a) A pair of jays fighting.
(b) A neighbor's new puppy.
(c) A feral cat.
(d) A robin pulling a worm out of the ground.

10. How many housekeepers has the Wallis family had, including the present one?
(a) 0.
(b) 5.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

11. What does Hilary give Ned for his birthday?
(a) A model airplane.
(b) A model car.
(c) A practice sword.
(d) A Daisy air rifle.

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

13. In what area of the country does Ned and his family live?
(a) The Hudson River Valley.
(b) The Appalachians of Kentucky.
(c) The coastal region of Georgia.
(d) The Pochonos.

14. Why does Ned feel safe?
(a) Because he believes strongly in God.
(b) Because Mrs. Scallop is there.
(c) Because his father is a minister.
(d) Because his father is a soldier.

15. When does James say Ned can have his present?
(a) When Ned takes a course on fencing.
(b) When Ned proves he is responsible by caring for the cows.
(c) When Ned is 14.
(d) When Ned turns 16.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Mr. Scully?

2. What does Ned refrain from saying to his mother?

3. In what decades is the novel set?

4. Why is Ned particularly excited about traveling with Hilary?

5. What does Mrs. Kimball do?

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