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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What are the mole and the boy doing when they talk about how strange it is that we can only see the outside but most things happen on the inside?
(a) Looking at their reflections in water.
(b) Watching the fox.
(c) Looking into a mirror.
(d) Walking through the forest.

5. Who rescues the fox?
(a) The horse.
(b) It rescues itself.
(c) The boy.
(d) The mole.

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

7. Whom does the mole say is the hardest person to forgive?
(a) Someone you love.
(b) A person who will not apologize.
(c) Your enemy.
(d) Yourself.

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

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

10. What problem does the fox have when the boy meets it?
(a) It is hungry.
(b) It is caught in a trap.
(c) It is lonely.
(d) It has fallen in the river.

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

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

13. Who rescues the mole when it falls in the river?
(a) The boy.
(b) The bird.
(c) The horse.
(d) The fox.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the mole say is a great freedom?

2. Who is the author of The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse?

3. What does the boy want to be when he grows up?

4. Where does the mole say that love will bring the boy?

5. Which animal does the boy meet second?

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