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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 does Big Joe's mother say in response to his question?
(a) The Colonel will go to heaven but will be punished for killing Bertha.
(b) All go to Heaven when they die.
(c) Animals go to a lower-level heaven than humans.
(d) There is no hell so the Colonel will not go there.

2. 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 first bike ride.
(d) His father and mother yelling at each other.

3. What does Molly tell Grandma Wolf?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Grandma Wolf should move out.
(c) Grandma Wolf is a devil.
(d) Grandma Wolf will go to hell after death.

4. What does Thomas' mother start doing for the Colonel?
(a) Does his correspondence.
(b) Supervises the hired help.
(c) Takes care of the Colonel's wife.
(d) Keeps his books.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Molly say that makes Thomas think he'll love her forever?

2. How does Thomas feel towards Molly when he see her on Christmas Eve?

3. About what does Thomas feel guilty?

4. Where are Charlie and Thomas made to walk?

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

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