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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through One Minute to Six.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What secret does Thomas keep?
(a) That his father was angry with Thomas just before the father dies.
(b) That his father died saving Thomas' life.
(c) That Charlie loves a girl down the street.
(d) That Thomas' older brother sneaks out of the house at night.

2. What does Charlie refuse?
(a) A hood.
(b) To see Thomas one more time.
(c) To say any last words.
(d) The last rites.

3. Why does the company huddle in their trenches for two straight days?
(a) The snow is too bad to go out.
(b) They are being bombed.
(c) The Germans are patrolling in tanks.
(d) They are told to hide.

4. What does Molly predict when she reads Thomas, Charlie, and her future?
(a) Big Joe will do something extraordinary.
(b) Thomas will marry her.
(c) Charlie will die soon.
(d) They will always be together.

5. What do Charlie, Thomas, and the rest of the trainees think of the war during boot camp?
(a) As immoral.
(b) As a distant thing.
(c) As glorious.
(d) As a necessary evil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Jimmy Parsons?

2. What time is it the next morning when Charlie is brought out?

3. What is Sergeant Hanely's nickname?

4. Where does Big Joe keep his new pet?

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

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