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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 after Bertha's burial?
(a) Goes to the Colonel's house.
(b) Goes back and sits by Bertha's grave.
(c) Wanders off.
(d) Goes and lies under his bed.

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

3. Why does Big Joe's family get worried when it becomes dark?
(a) Because they cannot find Big Joe.
(b) Because Bertha is in the dirt.
(c) Because Bertha is alone in the dark.
(d) Because Big Joe refuses to eat.

4. How does Grandma Wolf feel about Big Joe's favorite animal?
(a) She loves the birds, too, and puts crumbs out for them.
(b) She thinks cats shed all the time.
(c) She thinks dogs belong outside.
(d) She is terrified of them.

5. What does Molly predict when she reads Thomas, Charlie, and her future?
(a) They will always be together.
(b) Thomas will marry her.
(c) Big Joe will do something extraordinary.
(d) Charlie will die soon.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Grandma Wolf smack Big Joe because of his fondness for certain animals?

2. What punishment does the Colonel decide to mete out?

3. What does Molly tell Grandma Wolf?

4. What is one way that Molly is different when the boys see her on Christmas Eve?

5. What does Thomas Peaceful want to remember tonight?

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