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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. What does Big Joe's mother say in response to his question?
(a) There is no hell so the Colonel will not go there.
(b) The Colonel will go to heaven but will be punished for killing Bertha.
(c) Animals go to a lower-level heaven than humans.
(d) All go to Heaven when they die.

2. What is Thomas classified as when he starts school?
(a) A biggun.
(b) A troublemaker.
(c) A tiddler.
(d) A slow learner.

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

4. For what does the Colonel think Charlie should be held accountable?
(a) Charlie's thieving ways.
(b) The time Charlie did not work the day before when he stole Bertha.
(c) The loss of the Colonel's best fishing rod.
(d) The loss of the Colonel's best pair of fencing cutters.

5. Why does Big Joe's family get worried when it becomes dark?
(a) Because Bertha is in the dirt.
(b) Because Big Joe refuses to eat.
(c) Because they cannot find Big Joe.
(d) Because Bertha is alone in the dark.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thomas do after graduating from school?

2. Who is Jimmy Parsons?

3. Why doesn't Thomas' mother stand up to Grandma Wolf?

4. What do the boys do when they leave the Colonel's place on Christmas Eve?

5. What does Thomas feel about Molly and Charlie as time goes on?

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