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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 is Thomas classified as when he starts school?
(a) A troublemaker.
(b) A tiddler.
(c) A biggun.
(d) A slow learner.

2. What does the Colonel do even though he accepts Charlie's mother's offer?
(a) Require Charlie to work a day without pay.
(b) Fire Charlie and his mother.
(c) Fire Charlie.
(d) Punch Charlie in the face.

3. What does the Colonel say they can do with Bertha?
(a) Eat her for all he cares.
(b) Bring her back that afternoon.
(c) Return her immediatly.
(d) Have her.

4. What do Charlie and Thomas' mother do when the boys are caught on the Colonel's land?
(a) Pays the Colonel for dead fish.
(b) Allows the Colonel complete control over the boys' punishment.
(c) Stops the Colonel from whipping the boys.
(d) Pays the Colonel to teach the boys better manners.

5. What do the boys do when they leave the Colonel's place on Christmas Eve?
(a) Throw stones at his manor's sign.
(b) Blow raspberries.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Mark a big "X" in the dirt by his driveway entrance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why might Big Joe be more upset than the family realizes?

2. Who is Charlie?

3. What happens to Bertha?

4. Why are the boys happy after Grandma Wolf is no longer there?

5. What is Thomas doing when he makes a friend at school?

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