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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Whittington suggest that Ben do to help improve his reading?
(a) Practice identifying letters.
(b) Try to understand a sentence before saying it.
(c) Practice copying passages.
(d) Memorize words.

2. Where do the bantams roost when not sitting on eggs?
(a) Up in a tree outside the barn.
(b) On the hay bales.
(c) Up in the roof rafters.
(d) In the wired chicken roost on the side of the barn.

3. What problem do his kids have feeding Whittington his tuna?
(a) Whittington turns his head up at the tuna.
(b) A rat steals the tuna.
(c) They spill the tuna on the ground.
(d) There is no can opener.

4. Which of the following was NOT one of Dick's "rememberables"?
(a) A cat may look on a King.
(b) Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
(c) Time and tide wait for no man.
(d) Tell Truth, and shame the Devil.

5. What is the first part of London that the travelers approach?
(a) The market gardens.
(b) The stockyard.
(c) The outlying tanneries.
(d) The dumps and smelters.

6. What affliction is the herb the captain tells Fitzwarren about used to treat?
(a) Bilious fever.
(b) Blood poisoning.
(c) Kidney and bladder stones.
(d) Melancholia.

7. What two new fruits does Dick taste on his first trading journey?
(a) Pomegranites and star fruit.
(b) Kumquats and dragon fruit.
(c) Figs and dates.
(d) Jackfruit and lychee.

8. When the rats all come out on the Lady's command, who do they look at?
(a) Whittington.
(b) The horses.
(c) The bantams.
(d) The Lady.

9. What is the weather like when Whittington first meets the Lady?
(a) Rainy.
(b) Hailing.
(c) Hot.
(d) Cold.

10. What trait gives Caroaggio his name?
(a) Caring.
(b) Courage.
(c) Cooperation.
(d) Courteousness.

11. What did Ben take before locking himself in the bathroom?
(a) A book of matches.
(b) A bottle of beer.
(c) A kitchen knife.
(d) A piece of pie.

12. Why doesn't Bernie take Havey home?
(a) Because Marion is allergic.
(b) Because she has fleas.
(c) Because she bites.
(d) Because she is afraid of children.

13. What color stripe is on the mainsail of the ship Dick sails on?
(a) Brown.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) Red.

14. What is Gregory's job in his flock?
(a) Watchman.
(b) Leader.
(c) Organizer.
(d) Food gatherer.

15. While trying to read a psalm, what does Ben pronounce instead of "death"?
(a) beath.
(b) peath.
(c) heath.
(d) cleath.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Lady ask Abby to bring to the barn the next day?

2. How do the rats in the barn sleep?

3. How much does Dick Whittington pay for his cat?

4. How many generations does Whittington say he's removed from Dick Whittington's cat?

5. How does Bernie react to the horses muzzling him?

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