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

2. What does the boy say he is afraid they will find out about him?
(a) He is ordinary.
(b) He is scared.
(c) He needs help.
(d) He is boring.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the horse tell the boy is a strength, not a weakness?

3. What advice does the narrator give on the page where the boy, the mole, and the fox sit staring at a crescent moon?

4. What secret has the horse been keeping?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. When the boy realizes that his friends know all about him, what does he ask and what do they answer?

2. What is funny about the answer to the boy's question about the moon?

3. What lesson does the horse teach the boy about courage?

4. What do the mole and the horse teach the boy about perfection?

5. What does the boy say about doing "nothing" with friends, (47), and what causes him to say it?

6. There are two separate sets of pictures of the four friends playing together. What is different about the second set of images?

7. How does the art change when the boy falls into the water?

8. When the boy points out that the fox hardly ever talks, what does the fox say, and how does the horse react?

9. What is funny about one of the drawings that is about perfection?

10. The horse asks the other three what their reasons are for keeping going. What do they say?

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