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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 Papa notice when he and Ned are trimming the Christmas tree?
(a) Ned is feverish.
(b) Ned has outgrown is new pants.
(c) Ned's mother is happy.
(d) Nothing.

2. What food did the cat eat from Mr. Scully?
(a) Bacon bits.
(b) A piece of chicken.
(c) None.
(d) A piece of fish.

3. What does Ned think about as he leaves the nursing home?
(a) The times Mr. Scully would laugh until he had tears in his eyes.
(b) Shooting the cat.
(c) The pain of aging.
(d) The mementos Mr. Scully threw out.

4. What worries Ned about the one-eyed cat?
(a) It hasn't moved since the morning.
(b) Its leg appears to be broken.
(c) It is moaning.
(d) It is bleeding.

5. What does Ned notice about Evelyn's attitude?
(a) It has not changed.
(b) It is snotty.
(c) It is coy.
(d) It is more grown up.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ned find the one-eyed cat?

2. To whom does Ned apologize?

3. What does Ned notice leading up to the shed?

4. What does Ned feel about himself?

5. Why does Mrs. Scallop cry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What changes take place for the Kimball family?

2. About what does Ned open up and talk to his mama?

3. What does Mama tell Ned about something she did when Ned was three?

4. Where is one place Uncle Hilary suggests he and Ned might want to visit on Christmas break?

5. Where does Ned find Mr. Scully one afternoon and what does Ned do?

6. What does Ned bring down from the attic and what is inside it?

7. What are Uncle Hilary's newest plans as outlined in a letter the Willis family receives?

8. What does Ned do for Janet that shows his kind nature?

9. What happens when Ned goes to visit Mr. Scully again?

10. What does Ned admit to Mr. Scully and what does Ned believe is the elderly man's response?

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