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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. How much does Charlie's mother give the Colonel for Bertha?
(a) Threepence.
(b) Nothing.
(c) An extra day's work.
(d) Sixpence.

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

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

4. Who does Thomas go to see on leave?
(a) Charlie.
(b) His friend who is still recovering from wounds.
(c) No one.
(d) Anna.

5. What does Charlie promise Thomas?
(a) That Thomas will love school.
(b) That their father will come back home.
(c) To take care of Thomas.
(d) That their mother is going to be well.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the Germans reach the barbed wire?

2. What does Molly predict when she reads Thomas, Charlie, and her future?

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

4. Why do the Germans begin to bombard their former trenches?

5. Where are Charlie and Thomas made to walk?

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