Private Peaceful Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Michael Morpurgo
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 141 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Private Peaceful Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Michael Morpurgo
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 141 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where do Molly and Charlie begin to work?
(a) A dairy farm.
(b) A cattle ranch.
(c) The Colonel's house.
(d) A factory.

4. Why are the boys happy after Grandma Wolf is no longer there?
(a) Their mother is back home.
(b) Grandma Wolf is now being nice to them.
(c) Their mother remarries.
(d) Grandma Wolf buys Big Joe a mouse.

5. Why do the boys end up enjoying their Saturdays?
(a) They learn a great deal about farming.
(b) They become friends with the Colonel.
(c) They make good friends with the dogs.
(d) They learn how to gamble.

6. What is the first thing Thomas thinks about from his past?
(a) His brother being hit by a car.
(b) His first bike ride.
(c) His first day of school.
(d) His father and mother yelling at each other.

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

8. What does one of the bigger boys say about Big Joe?
(a) That Big Joe is a nuisance.
(b) That Big Joe is a loon.
(c) That Big Joe should learn how to defend himself.
(d) That Big Joe is a natural with animals.

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

10. What do Molly and Charlie both do?
(a) Quit school.
(b) Join a radical political group.
(c) Prepare for college.
(d) Begin to take drives into the country.

11. Where does Grandma Wolf move?
(a) To a house down the street.
(b) Back to St. Louis.
(c) To the rectory.
(d) To the Colonel's house.

12. What does Molly do for Thomas?
(a) Cleans him up.
(b) Gives him her lunch.
(c) Helps him with his math work.
(d) Sews his torn shirt.

13. What is one way that Molly is different when the boys see her on Christmas Eve?
(a) She is gaunt.
(b) She is heavier.
(c) Her hair is shorter.
(d) Her hair is down to the back of her knees.

14. What does Molly tell Grandma Wolf?
(a) Grandma Wolf will go to hell after death.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Grandma Wolf is a devil.
(d) Grandma Wolf should move out.

15. What do Charlie and Thomas' mother do when the boys are caught on the Colonel's land?
(a) Allows the Colonel complete control over the boys' punishment.
(b) Stops the Colonel from whipping the boys.
(c) Pays the Colonel for dead fish.
(d) Pays the Colonel to teach the boys better manners.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Big Joe after Bertha's burial?

3. What does Charlie promise Thomas?

4. Why does Big Joe's family get worried when it becomes dark?

5. Who is Jimmy Parsons?

(see the answer keys)

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