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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which animal does the boy meet third?
(a) The fox.
(b) The mole.
(c) The bird.
(d) The horse.
2. What does the horse say asking for help is the same as?
(a) Taking responsibility.
(b) Refusing to take responsibility.
(c) Refusing to give up.
(d) Giving up.
3. What secret has the horse been keeping?
(a) It was not an accident that they met.
(b) It is really a zebra.
(c) It can fly.
(d) It can become invisible.
4. What does the mole say is better than cake?
(a) Love.
(b) Hugs.
(c) Kindness.
(d) Friends.
5. What is the first thing that the four friends do once they are all together?
(a) Eat.
(b) Sing.
(c) Nap.
(d) Play.
6. What does the horse tell the fox about being interesting?
(a) Honesty is interesting.
(b) Weakness is interesting.
(c) Kindness is interesting.
(d) Humor is interesting.
7. 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 curious.
(b) Be quiet.
(c) Be still.
(d) Be clever.
8. What color is the horse?
(a) Red.
(b) White.
(c) Black.
(d) Brown.
9. What does the mole say is the "greatest illusion" (69)?
(a) That friends will never hurt you.
(b) That what other people think matters.
(c) That life needs to be perfect.
(d) That you have to be interesting to be loved.
10. What does the boy say he is afraid they will find out about him?
(a) He is ordinary.
(b) He is boring.
(c) He is scared.
(d) He needs help.
11. What is the boy looking at when he asks "Is it the moon?" (70)?
(a) A tea cup stain.
(b) The moon.
(c) An airplane.
(d) A star.
12. What does the horse say is the bravest thing it has ever said?
(a) Help.
(b) No.
(c) Hello.
(d) Goodbye.
13. What is the mole's reason to keep going?
(a) Getting home.
(b) Cake.
(c) His friends.
(d) He does not have a choice.
14. What does the boy notice about the fox?
(a) It still seems dangerous.
(b) It does not talk very much.
(c) It is the fastest one of all of them.
(d) It does not seem to like the horse.
15. What does the horse tell the boy is a strength, not a weakness?
(a) Confusion.
(b) Pride.
(c) Anger.
(d) Tears.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the fox's reason to keep going?
2. What accident happened to one of the drawings in the book?
3. What does the horse say is sometimes "brave and magnificent" (67)?
4. What is the boy looking at when he asks how "they" can be so "together and perfect" (68)?
5. When the friends tell the horse that they believe its story, what happens?
This section contains 478 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) |
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