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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Nearly Five to One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why might Big Joe be more upset than the family realizes?
(a) He refuses to look for Bertha.
(b) He is slow and may misunderstand the answers to his questions.
(c) He does not cry when they bury Bertha.
(d) He say he is going to go to his room to sleep in the middle of the day.

2. Who refuses to cry out with each lash of the cane Mr. Munnings administers?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Big Joe.
(c) Charlie.
(d) Jimmy.

3. Why does Big Joe run to the school one day?
(a) He is being chased by one of the town bullies.
(b) He is being chased by some bees he disturbed.
(c) To show Thomas a slow worm Big Joe finds.
(d) To ask Thomas for help hunting caterpillars.

4. What does one of the bigger boys say about Big Joe?
(a) That Big Joe is a nuisance.
(b) That Big Joe should learn how to defend himself.
(c) That Big Joe is a natural with animals.
(d) That Big Joe is a loon.

5. What do Charlie, Thomas, and their mother on the day of the burial do after it gets dark?
(a) Have dinner and hope Big Joe will arrive.
(b) Call the Colonel.
(c) Search for Big Joe.
(d) Decide to wait until morning to search for Big Joe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the boys do when they leave the Colonel's place on Christmas Eve?

2. What does the Colonel say they can do with Bertha?

3. What does Charlie figure the Colonel will find out?

4. Why does Big Joe cry uncontrollably one day?

5. What did Big Joe say is his favorite food?

(see the answer key)

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