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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Nearly Four O'clock.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Big Joe ask his mother?
(a) If they will all go to heaven when they die.
(b) If the Colonel will go to hell for killing Bertha.
(c) If Bertha has a soul.
(d) If animals go to a different heaven from humans.

2. What did Thomas used to do at The Duke that he no longer does?
(a) Have drinks with Charlie.
(b) Play darts.
(c) Dance with Molly.
(d) Flirt with the barmaid.

3. What does Charlie refuse to tell the Colonel?
(a) Why Charlie left early the day before.
(b) If Charlie thinks the Colonel is wrong.
(c) Where Bertha is.
(d) If Thomas has Bertha.

4. Who is Grandma Wolf?
(a) Thomas' great aunt.
(b) An elderly neighbor.
(c) Thomas' paternal grandmother.
(d) Thomas' teacher.

5. What song do they sing at Bertha's grave?
(a) They do not sing.
(b) "Amazing Grace."
(c) "Jesus Loves Me."
(d) "Shall We Gather at the River."

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does Thomas feel guilty?

2. How does Thomas describe Grandma Wolf?

3. What happens when Thomas wakes Big Joe when they find him?

4. What is one way that Molly is different when the boys see her on Christmas Eve?

5. What does the Colonel demand when he comes to the cottage in the morning?

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