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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 the boy want to be when he grows up?
(a) Kind.
(b) Happy.
(c) Smart.
(d) Funny.
2. What does the fox threaten to do?
(a) Kill the mole.
(b) Steal food.
(c) Follow the boy home.
(d) Chase the mole away from the boy.
3. What does the mole say the older moles it knows wish they had focused on?
(a) Traveling.
(b) Being successful.
(c) Their dreams.
(d) Making friends.
4. After it is rescued, what does the fox draw in the snow?
(a) A heart.
(b) A child.
(c) An arrow.
(d) Its name.
5. Whom does the mole say is the hardest person to forgive?
(a) Your enemy.
(b) Someone you love.
(c) Yourself.
(d) A person who will not apologize.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the mole think that success is?
2. What does the mole say is a great freedom?
3. What problem does the fox have when the boy meets it?
4. Which animal does the boy meet second?
5. What happens to the dessert that the mole tries to bring the boy?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens when the mole tries to give the boy cake?
2. Describe the first illustration that is in color.
3. When the boy and the mole are gazing out over a landscape--hills and grassy fields--what question does the boy ask, and what does the mole answer?
4. What sad thing does the boy say that he feels, and how does the mole try to cheer him up?
5. What two things does the mole say about taking care of our own feelings?
6. What important ideas are brought up in the conversations between the boy and the mole?
7. Describe what happens when the boy and the mole meet the fox?
8. The mole says that it has learned how to be in the present. How does the mole do this?
9. When the boy asks the mole what his favorite saying is, what does the mole reply, and why is his reply funny?
10. What three reasons does the mole give for freeing the fox?
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