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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. Why does Ned take an alternate way to school?
(a) To avoid teasing.
(b) He wants an adventure.
(c) The road is destroyed.
(d) He is meeting a friend.

2. The book is written from whose point of view?
(a) Ned Kelly's.
(b) Mary Kelly's.
(c) Red Kelly's.
(d) Grace Kelly's.

3. How are the chapters referred to through out the book?
(a) As letters.
(b) As sections.
(c) As parcels
(d) As years.

4. Why does Ned begin to hate his uncle?
(a) He beats his sisters.
(b) He steals from the family.
(c) He is just looking to get into bed with his mother.
(d) He is unkind to his mother.

5. Who rides up and slanders Ned?
(a) John Fitzpatrick and several cops.
(b) His Uncle Jimmy and Pat Quinn.
(c) Harry Powers and Uncle Jimmy.
(d) Cons Hall and John Fitzpatrick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is described as dangerously powerful?

2. Why do Ned and Jem swear a blood oath?

3. The creature turns out to be who, covered in thick sheets of iron, but not at the legs?

4. Why does Ned's mother call him a fool, and say they would not do the same for him if the situation were reversed?

5. Why does Ned get into a huge fight with a farmer?

Short Essay Questions

1. Uncle James makes a good impression on the family, but how does that change?

2. How does Ned respond to Patchy Moran spreading a rumor about his father?

3. What experience do the Kellys have with prison?

4. What does Ben do that Ned protects him by doing his prison time?

5. Where does Ned move? Why?

6. Why does Ned become unhappy on the new property?

7. How do people feel about Ned Kelly?

8. How does Ned's family respond when he arrives home?

9. What happens after Ellen slaps Sergeant O'Neil?

10. What do Hare and Nicolson show Ned?

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