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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ten to Midnight.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why do Molly, Charlie, and Thomas bury a mouse and sing a hymn over its grave?
(a) To make Grandma Wolf feel badly.
(b) Big Joe is so despondent about its demise.
(c) The children want to give their father some company.
(d) Molly wants the kids to learn about death.

3. What is Thomas Peaceful determined not to do?
(a) Be mean to his brother.
(b) Let his mother force him to sleep.
(c) Be angry at his father.
(d) Sleep this night.

4. 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) Pays the Colonel for dead fish.
(c) Pays the Colonel to teach the boys better manners.
(d) Stops the Colonel from whipping the boys.

5. What is Grandma Wolf's new job?
(a) Tailor in the local shop.
(b) Housekeeper.
(c) Laundress for the prison.
(d) Cook at a restaurant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What secret does Thomas keep?

2. Who refuses to cry out with each lash of the cane Mr. Munnings administers?

3. What is the first thing Thomas thinks about from his past?

4. Why does Thomas' father sometimes take Thomas into the woods?

5. What disease does Molly contract?

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