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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. Who is Jimmy Parsons?
(a) The school administrator.
(b) Thomas' best friend.
(c) The boy who beats up Thomas.
(d) The school teacher.

2. What does Charlie refuse to do?
(a) Stay off the front lines.
(b) Split from Thomas.
(c) Jump through Hanley's hoops.
(d) Salute Hanley.

3. Where does Thomas aim?
(a) He aims towards the greatest concentration of the enemy.
(b) He does not aim.
(c) He aims over the heads of the German soldiers.
(d) He tries to make every bullet count.

4. What do Charlie, Thomas, and the rest of the trainees think of the war during boot camp?
(a) As glorious.
(b) As a necessary evil.
(c) As immoral.
(d) As a distant thing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Thomas falls?

2. What does the Colonel demand when he comes to the cottage in the morning?

3. How does Thomas describe Grandma Wolf?

4. What does Thomas Peaceful want to remember tonight?

5. What do Charlie and Thomas do every Saturday until Christmas Eve?

(see the answer key)

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