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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the mole's first complaint?
(a) That it cannot see very well.
(b) That it is hungry.
(c) That it is small.
(d) That the boy is too loud.

2. After it is rescued, what does the fox draw in the snow?
(a) A heart.
(b) An arrow.
(c) A child.
(d) Its name.

3. What kind of a school does the boy wonder about?
(a) A school of unlearning.
(b) A school for animals.
(c) A school for love.
(d) A school for kindness.

4. What does the mole think that success is?
(a) Education.
(b) To be happy.
(c) To love.
(d) Money.

5. What does the mole tell the boy about the wild?
(a) That it is a good place to get lost.
(b) Not to fear it.
(c) That for some animals it is home.
(d) To stay away from it.

6. What is the first thing that the boy says to the mole?
(a) Can you help me?
(b) Hello.
(c) Who are you?
(d) Please move.

7. What happens to the dessert that the mole tries to bring the boy?
(a) The mole eats it.
(b) The fox steals it.
(c) The mole drops it.
(d) The boy does not want it.

8. For what purpose does the mole close its eyes and breathe?
(a) To think about what to say.
(b) To calm itself down.
(c) To focus on its sense of hearing.
(d) To focus on the present moment.

9. What does the mole say the older moles it knows wish they had focused on?
(a) Traveling.
(b) Making friends.
(c) Their dreams.
(d) Being successful.

10. Who does the mole tell the boy he should be kind to?
(a) The bird.
(b) Himself.
(c) The fox.
(d) The horse.

11. What dessert is the mole obsessed with?
(a) Cake.
(b) Brownies.
(c) Pie.
(d) Cookies.

12. Which animal does the boy meet second?
(a) The fox.
(b) The bird.
(c) The mole.
(d) The horse.

13. What does the boy want to be when he grows up?
(a) Funny.
(b) Happy.
(c) Smart.
(d) Kind.

14. Who is the author of The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse?
(a) Charlie Mackesy.
(b) Scott Morse.
(c) James Burks.
(d) Gene Yang.

15. What does the fox threaten to do?
(a) Steal food.
(b) Follow the boy home.
(c) Kill the mole.
(d) Chase the mole away from the boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What problem does the fox have when the boy meets it?

2. What does the mole say is the biggest waste of time?

3. Which animal does the boy meet first?

4. Whom does the mole say is the hardest person to forgive?

5. Where do the mole and the boy often sit and talk?

(see the answer keys)

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