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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the horse say is behind most good things?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Love.
(d) Kindness.

2. When the friends tell the horse that they believe its story, what happens?
(a) The horse's appearance changes.
(b) The horse weeps.
(c) The horse reveals another secret.
(d) The horse hugs them.

3. What is the first thing that the four friends do once they are all together?
(a) Nap.
(b) Eat.
(c) Sing.
(d) Play.

4. What does the horse say is sometimes "brave and magnificent" (67)?
(a) Helping someone even if they are not your friend.
(b) Keeping going when you are lost.
(c) Believing the best about others.
(d) Getting up and carrying on.

5. What advice does the narrator give on the page where the boy, the mole, and the fox sit staring at a crescent moon?
(a) Be still.
(b) Be quiet.
(c) Be clever.
(d) Be curious.

6. What is the boy's reason to keep going?
(a) Cake.
(b) His friends.
(c) He does not have a choice.
(d) Getting home.

7. What does the mole say is better than cake?
(a) Kindness.
(b) Friends.
(c) Love.
(d) Hugs.

8. What accident happened to one of the drawings in the book?
(a) The author lost it.
(b) It was put in the wrong place in the book.
(c) The author's dog walked over it.
(d) The author accidentally drew a piglet instead of a mole.

9. What does the horse tell the boy is a strength, not a weakness?
(a) Confusion.
(b) Pride.
(c) Tears.
(d) Anger.

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

11. What color is the horse?
(a) Black.
(b) White.
(c) Red.
(d) Brown.

12. What secret has the horse been keeping?
(a) It was not an accident that they met.
(b) It can become invisible.
(c) It is really a zebra.
(d) It can fly.

13. What does the mole say is the "greatest illusion" (69)?
(a) That friends will never hurt you.
(b) That you have to be interesting to be loved.
(c) That life needs to be perfect.
(d) That what other people think matters.

14. When does the horse say it has been the strongest?
(a) When it has stood up for itself.
(b) When it has refused to change.
(c) When it has helped others.
(d) When it has shown weakness.

15. What is the fox's reason to keep going?
(a) Cake.
(b) He does not have a choice.
(c) Getting home.
(d) His friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the mole's reason to keep going?

2. What is the boy looking at when he asks how "they" can be so "together and perfect" (68)?

3. What does the horse tell the boy is true about everyone?

4. What does the horse say asking for help is the same as?

5. What is the boy looking at when he asks "Is it the moon?" (70)?

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