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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many years of yesterdays and tomorrows does Thomas Peaceful have?
(a) Nearly twelve years.
(b) Nearly eighteen years.
(c) He does not specify.
(d) Almost ten years.

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

4. What does Thomas realize when he and Charlie are caught on the Colonel's land?
(a) The Colonel is a very scary man when angry.
(b) That his mother will probably be fired due to their actions.
(c) That he failed his brother.
(d) That Grandma Wolf will probably be fired due to their actions.

5. What does Molly give Big Joe for his birthday?
(a) A harvest mouse.
(b) A cat.
(c) A snake.
(d) A bird.

6. Who is with the Colonel when he confronts the boys?
(a) The sheriff.
(b) The bailiff and his hound.
(c) No one.
(d) His field supervisor.

7. What does Thomas say Big Joe used to eat?
(a) Only cornbread and beets.
(b) No meat.
(c) Only meat.
(d) Everything.

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

9. What does Charlie figure the Colonel will find out?
(a) That Charlie intends to marry his granddaughter.
(b)
(c)
(d) What Charlie has done with Bertha.

10. What do Charlie, Thomas, and their mother on the day of the burial do after it gets dark?
(a) Search for Big Joe.
(b) Have dinner and hope Big Joe will arrive.
(c) Decide to wait until morning to search for Big Joe.
(d) Call the Colonel.

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

12. What disease does Molly contract?
(a) Rabies.
(b) Measles.
(c) Scarlet Fever.
(d) Polio.

13. How does Thomas and Charlie get rid of food they did not like?
(a) Stuff the food in their mouths and run outside and spit it out.
(b) Give it to the dog.
(c) Stuff it in their pockets.
(d) Give it to Big Joe.

14. What did Big Joe say is his favorite food?
(a) Scones.
(b) Blood pudding.
(c) Any food that was available.
(d) Sauerkraut.

15. Who holds a gun on the boys?
(a) The Colonel.
(b) No one.
(c) The bailiff.
(d) The deputy sheriff.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Big Joe sing as a "prayer" for Molly?

2. What does Thomas do during his and Charlie's venture onto the Colonel's property?

3. How successful is the animal charmer?

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

5. Why does Grandma Wolf ask an animal charmer from the village come to the house once?

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