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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Nearly Five to One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Molly, Charlie, and Thomas bury a mouse and sing a hymn over its grave?
(a) Molly wants the kids to learn about death.
(b) The children want to give their father some company.
(c) To make Grandma Wolf feel badly.
(d) Big Joe is so despondent about its demise.

2. When does Grandma Wolf smack Big Joe because of his fondness for certain animals?
(a) When Big Joe puts food out for the mice.
(b) When Grandma Wolf is feeling afraid.
(c) When Big Joe lets the dog into his bedroom.
(d) When Big Joe refuses to carry wild mice outside.

3. What does the Colonel demand when he comes to the cottage in the morning?
(a) That Charlie return the Colonel's gun.
(b) That Charlie tell him where Bertha is.
(c) That Charlie pay the Colonel for Bertha.
(d) That Charlie's mother allow the Colonel to whip him.

4. Why does Big Joe cry uncontrollably one day?
(a) The neighbor kills his snake.
(b) Grandma Wolf kills his pet.
(c) His snake eats his mouse.
(d) His bird flies away.

5. Where are Charlie and Thomas made to walk?
(a) To the bailiff's office.
(b) To the Colonel's house.
(c) To their cottage.
(d) To jail in town.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Thomas' father sometimes take Thomas into the woods?

2. What do Charlie, Thomas, and their mother on the day of the burial do after it gets dark?

3. What does one of the bigger boys say about Big Joe?

4. Where do Molly and Charlie begin to work?

5. What is Thomas doing when he makes a friend at school?

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