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

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

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

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

5. What does Thomas do during his and Charlie's venture onto the Colonel's property?
(a) Encounter one of the Colonel's dogs.
(b) Accidentally shoot an old pistol they found.
(c) Trip and knock over some tin cans.
(d) Fall asleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why don't Charles and Thomas see Molly anymore?

2. Why doesn't Thomas' mother stand up to Grandma Wolf?

3. How much does Charlie's mother give the Colonel for Bertha?

4. Why is Thomas proud of Charlie on the day that Big Joe comes to school?

5. What does Thomas feel about Molly and Charlie as time goes on?

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