View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Thomas do after graduating from school?
(a) Open a produce stand.
(b) Work at the farm where Charlie works.
(c) Go to college.
(d) Join the Navy.

2. What happens when a German comes out from behind a curtain?
(a) He falls to the ground and begs for his life.
(b) He starts shooting at the English.
(c) The German and the English stare at each other for a minute.
(d) He raises his hands and surrenders.

3. What do Charlie and Thomas do every Saturday until Christmas Eve?
(a) Clean out the dog kennels at the Colonel's house.
(b) Play cards with their mother.
(c) Go to mass.
(d) Write essays on morality.

4. Who beats up Thomas?
(a) Charlie.
(b) Big Joe.
(c) Mr. Munnings.
(d) One of the older boys at school.

5. About what does Thomas feel guilty?
(a) Thomas feels he killed his father.
(b) For not admitting to his mother what happened in the woods.
(c) For all the times Thomas disobeyed his father.
(d) For yelling at his father not long before his father dies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Big Joe say is his favorite food?

2. What does Thomas do when he gets to a trench further back from the front lines?

3. What does Thomas learn how to do at school?

4. What happens when Thomas wakes Big Joe when they find him?

5. What does Thomas see as he is making his way out of the hospital?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 292 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample