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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Twenty-Four Minutes Past Midnight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How successful is the animal charmer?
(a) His is not successful at all.
(b) The horse no longer bucks but it will not move anywhere.
(c) The dog stops cowering during thunderstorms.
(d) He manages to get the spiders all in one room.

2. What disease does Molly contract?
(a) Rabies.
(b) Measles.
(c) Scarlet Fever.
(d) Polio.

3. What does Thomas realize when he and Charlie are caught on the Colonel's land?
(a) That Grandma Wolf will probably be fired due to their actions.
(b) That his mother will probably be fired due to their actions.
(c) The Colonel is a very scary man when angry.
(d) That he failed his brother.

4. How many years of yesterdays and tomorrows does Thomas Peaceful have?
(a) Nearly twelve years.
(b) Nearly eighteen years.
(c) Almost ten years.
(d) He does not specify.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Molly's parents forbid her to see Charlie after the incident with Bertha?

2. What does Big Joe sing as a "prayer" for Molly?

3. What does one of the bigger boys say about Big Joe?

4. How do Charlie and Thomas thwart Grandma's scheme to rid the house of Big Joe's "pets"?

5. What does Molly give Big Joe for his birthday?

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