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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. Where are Thomas and Charlie separated?
(a) At church.
(b) At the social worker's office.
(c) At school.
(d) On the school bus.

2. 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) To make Grandma Wolf feel badly.
(c) Big Joe is so despondent about its demise.
(d) The children want to give their father some company.

3. Why does Thomas' father sometimes take Thomas into the woods?
(a) To learn how to track animals.
(b) To give him a spanking.
(c) To learn how to identify trees.
(d) To be with the father when he is cutting timber.

4. 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 pay the Colonel for Bertha.
(c) That Charlie's mother allow the Colonel to whip him.
(d) That Charlie tell him where Bertha is.

5. What does Thomas do during his and Charlie's venture onto the Colonel's property?
(a) Accidentally shoot an old pistol they found.
(b) Encounter one of the Colonel's dogs.
(c) Fall asleep.
(d) Trip and knock over some tin cans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Colonel say they can do with Bertha?

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

3. What song do they sing at Bertha's grave?

4. How much does Charlie's mother give the Colonel for Bertha?

5. Who is Jimmy Parsons?

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