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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. Why do Molly, Charlie, and Thomas bury a mouse and sing a hymn over its grave?
(a) To make Grandma Wolf feel badly.
(b) Big Joe is so despondent about its demise.
(c) The children want to give their father some company.
(d) Molly wants the kids to learn about death.

2. What is Thomas worried about in this first memory?
(a) His father.
(b) School.
(c) Falling off the bike.
(d) His brother.

3. What does Charlie tell Thomas about being in trouble?
(a) Charlie has kissed the Colonel's granddaughter.
(b) Charlie has saved the runt of the litter instead of killing it.
(c) Charlie has kept one of the Colonel's puppies.
(d) Charlie has hid Bertha.

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

5. What does Big Joe ask his mother?
(a) If animals go to a different heaven from humans.
(b) If the Colonel will go to hell for killing Bertha.
(c) If Bertha has a soul.
(d) If they will all go to heaven when they die.

Short Answer Questions

1. What song do they sing at Bertha's grave?

2. Why does Grandma Wolf ask an animal charmer from the village come to the house once?

3. Who is with the Colonel when he confronts the boys?

4. What does Thomas see hanging from a fence?

5. Why is Big Joe happy about Thomas and Charlie's conspiracy concerning food at meals?

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