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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 Ned dream of for the next few days?
(a) The one-eyed cat.
(b) The fox island.
(c) The ferry sinking.
(d) The horse island.

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

3. What does Ned feel about himself?
(a) He is changing.
(b) He is happy.
(c) He is sad.
(d) He is depressed.

4. What does Ned think about Mr. Scully when he goes to see him one day?
(a) Mr. Scully seems to be somewhere else.
(b) Mr. Scully is very fragile.
(c) Mr. Scully seems much stronger.
(d) Mr. Scully talks more than usual.

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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does Ned receive that lightens his mood?

2. What does Mr. Scully think about the one-eyed cat?

3. What does Ned learn from Doris?

4. Who is Billy Gaskell?

5. About what does Ned ask Mrs. Kinball?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Mr. Scully taken and what is probably wrong with him?

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

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

4. What does Mr. Scully say to Ned about the one-eyed cat?

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

6. With whom does Ned get into a fight and why?

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

8. How does the fight end?

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

10. What do Billy and Ned hope for this year's winter season?

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