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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Nearly Four O'clock.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What outnumbers the people at the next duty assignment?
(a) Cats.
(b) Rats.
(c) Horses.
(d) Animals.

2. What does Thomas do after graduating from school?
(a) Join the Navy.
(b) Work at the farm where Charlie works.
(c) Open a produce stand.
(d) Go to college.

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

4. Why doesn't Thomas' mother stand up to Grandma Wolf?
(a) His mother is too tired when she gets home.
(b) Grandma Wolf intimidates Thomas' mother.
(c) His mother says it would be disrespectful.
(d) Grandma Wolf does not need standing up to.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Molly, Charlie, and Thomas bury a mouse and sing a hymn over its grave?

2. Why is Charlie sent home?

3. Who does Thomas see when he returns from leave?

4. What does Big Joe ask his mother?

5. How old does the Army think Thomas is?

(see the answer key)

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