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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Nearly Quarter Past Eleven.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Grandma Wolf ask an animal charmer from the village come to the house once?
(a) To see if he could help the dog who was afraid of thunder.
(b) To charm the spiders out of the house.
(c) To see if he could make the horse stop bucking.
(d) To charm the Big Joe's pets away.

2. Why does Thomas' father sometimes take Thomas into the woods?
(a) To learn how to identify trees.
(b) To be with the father when he is cutting timber.
(c) To learn how to track animals.
(d) To give him a spanking.

3. Who beats up Thomas?
(a) Charlie.
(b) Big Joe.
(c) One of the older boys at school.
(d) Mr. Munnings.

4. What does Thomas usually forgo while at school?
(a) Eating his lunch.
(b) Talking to Charlie.
(c) Fighting.
(d) Flicking his lucky knife open and closed.

5. What is the first thing Thomas thinks about from his past?
(a) His father and mother yelling at each other.
(b) His first day of school.
(c) His brother being hit by a car.
(d) His first bike ride.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Grandma Wolf?

2. What happens when Thomas' father yells at him to run when a tree is falling down?

3. Why does Big Joe run to the school one day?

4. How does Grandma Wolf feel about Big Joe's favorite animal?

5. What does Thomas see hanging from a fence?

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