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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ned do after-school chores?
(a) The church.
(b) The school.
(c) At home.
(d) Mr. Scully's house.

2. How do Mama and Papa feel about what she tells Ned?
(a) Ecstatic.
(b) Despairing.
(c) They do not tell Ned anything.
(d) Hopeful.

3. What do Ned and Billy do after Ned helps Janet?
(a) Steal some eggs.
(b) Throw snowballs at passing cars.
(c) Get into a fistfight.
(d) Nothing.

4. What type of arthritis does Mama have?
(a) Lupus arthritis.
(b) Rheumatoid.
(c) Osteoarthritis.
(d) Psoriatic arthritis.

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

6. Where does Ned go to visit?
(a) To Evelyn's grandmother's house with Evelyn.
(b) An art museum with his class.
(c) The State capitol with his class.
(d) Mr. Scully in the nursing home.

7. What does Ned admit to Mr. Scully on another trip to see the man?
(a) That Ned is afraid of death.
(b) That Ned shot the cat and put out its eye.
(c) That Ned does not ever want to shoot the rifle again.
(d) That Ned is afraid of his mother dying.

8. What does Mama tell Ned about her arthritis?
(a) Nothing.
(b) It is much worse.
(c) There is a new treatment for it.
(d) It is almost gone.

9. Where is Billy Gaskell's family moving?
(a) Freeport.
(b) New York.
(c) Albany.
(d) Pittsburgh.

10. What does Mama say to Ned about Mrs. Scallop?
(a) Ned should be nicer to her.
(b) She is dying.
(c) Papa found her a job in a nursing home.
(d) She is going to start working only parttime.

11. What does Ned avoid approaching?
(a) The grave where his grandfather is buried.
(b) The cat on the icebox.
(c) A broken water main.
(d) One of the town bullies.

12. What does Mr. Scully think about the one-eyed cat?
(a) It needs to live in the shed in the winter.
(b) It is not feral.
(c) It is pregnant.
(d) It is sick.

13. How does Ned help Janet?
(a) He sweeps out the basement.
(b) He cleans the chalkboards everyday.
(c) He picks up her books she dropped.
(d) He tells her about the one-eyed cat.

14. Where is Hilary going to visit?
(a) Molokai.
(b) Cancun.
(c) Oahu.
(d) Tahiti.

15. Where is Hilary's next destination?
(a) Hong Kong.
(b) Greece.
(c) Tibet.
(d) India.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Evelyn tell Ned about an abandoned house?

2. What does Ned realize about Mr. Scully and Ned's confession?

3. When does Ned go out for a walk?

4. What does Mr. Scully promise to continue doing?

5. What has gone from Mr. Scully's house?

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