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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Nearly Four O'clock.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much does Charlie's mother give the Colonel for Bertha?
(a) Sixpence.
(b) Nothing.
(c) An extra day's work.
(d) Threepence.

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

3. What song do they sing at Bertha's grave?
(a) "Amazing Grace."
(b) "Jesus Loves Me."
(c) "Shall We Gather at the River."
(d) They do not sing.

4. What makes Thomas feel terribly empty while he is on leave?
(a) He receives a letter that their mother has died.
(b) He learns his friend has died.
(c) He learns Anna is dead.
(d) He missed Charlie.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where are Thomas, Charlie, and their local friends sent?

3. What does Molly bring with her when she comes to visit Charlie at his house?

4. What does the German soldier tell Thomas when he aims a gun to Thomas' head?

5. What does Hanley tell his men?

(see the answer key)

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