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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. What punishment does the Colonel decide to mete out?
(a) A whipping and chores.
(b) They have to cut firewood for the Colonel's house for the entire winter.
(c) They have to clear an acre field of rocks.
(d) None.

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

3. Why was no one worried about Big Joe earlier in the afternoon of Bertha's burial?
(a) He gave the Colonel a hug.
(b) He was playing quietly by himself and did not seem upset.
(c) He often wanders off.
(d) He said he was going to his room.

4. Who figures out where Big Joe is?
(a) Molly.
(b) Big Joe's mother.
(c) Charlie.
(d) Thomas.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Big Joe ask his mother?

2. What does Charlie tell Thomas about being in trouble?

3. What is Thomas worried about in this first memory?

4. Who is Grandma Wolf?

5. What happens when Thomas wakes Big Joe when they find him?

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