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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Scallop say would happen if Ned does not blow out all his birthday candles?
(a) A strange fate would befall him.
(b) His birthday next year will be late.
(c) He wouldn't get his wish.
(d) His father would not return.

2. About what does Ned worry when he gets back to his room with his presents?
(a) If his mother got too tired during the birthday celebration.
(b) If his father will get back in time for his birthday dinner.
(c) If he was seen the night before out with the rifle.
(d) If his brother will have to leave again for the Army.

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

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

5. Where do Ned and his father eat supper on the Sunday before Ned's birthday?
(a) At a diner.
(b) At home for once.
(c) The Brewsters.
(d) The Thortons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mama mention that embarrasses Ned?

2. Why does Ned fluster Evelyn?

3. What emotion seems to be just below the surface of Mrs. Scallop?

4. Where does Doris live?

5. What does Ned lose interest in after using it once?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ned feel about having a meal with a family in his father's congregation?

2. How is Ned's birthday celebrated in his classroom?

3. What does Ned think Mr. Scully needs, and how does Ned feel about that?

4. What had Ned's father told him about the Daisy air rifle and how does Ned comply?

5. What does Ned's uncle Hilary give Ned for his birthday and why is Ned's father upset?

6. What does Ned remember about life before his Mama becomes ill?

7. What does Ned's mama give Ned for his birthday and what embarrasses Ned after a question she asks him?

8. What impression does Ned receive on his way back from shooting the rifle and of what does that remind Ned?

9. What disconcerting statement does Mrs. Scallop say about Ned's birthday candles and what does she give Ned for his birthday?

10. To whom does Ned deliver mail and a newspaper every day and why does Ned do so?

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