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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. About what does Thomas feel guilty?
(a) For yelling at his father not long before his father dies.
(b) Thomas feels he killed his father.
(c) For not admitting to his mother what happened in the woods.
(d) For all the times Thomas disobeyed his father.

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

4. What does Molly's mother say about Charlie's letters to Molly?
(a) She has not read them.
(b) They are sweet.
(c) They are degrading.
(d) They are sinful.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Grandma Wolf move?

3. What does Charlie convince Thomas to do for him concerning Molly?

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

5. What does Charlie tell Thomas about being in trouble?

Short Essay Questions

1. What animal does Big Joe love and who does not share his enthusiasm for the creatures?

2. Of what does the dead crow remind Thomas?

3. What does Thomas remember about his first day of school?

4. What does Big Joe do after Bertha's funeral and why isn't anyone worried?

5. Why is Charlie upset by the Colonels plans for Bertha and what does he do to thwart those plans?

6. At the novel's opening, who is Thomas Peaceful with and why is he determined not to sleep?

7. What happens when Thomas and Charlie arrive at school on Thomas' first day of school?

8. Describe Thomas and Charlie's poaching experience.

9. How does the boys' situation change for the better after the Colonel's wife dies?

10. How does Big Joe feel about food and what is his favorite food?

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