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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Mark a big "X" in the dirt by his driveway entrance.
(d) Nothing.

2. What does Thomas see hanging from a fence?
(a) A red bandana.
(b) A dead crow.
(c) A banana peel.
(d) A felt hat.

3. What does Molly give Big Joe for his birthday?
(a) A snake.
(b) A harvest mouse.
(c) A cat.
(d) A bird.

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

5. Why are the boys happy after Grandma Wolf is no longer there?
(a) Grandma Wolf is now being nice to them.
(b) Their mother remarries.
(c) Grandma Wolf buys Big Joe a mouse.
(d) Their mother is back home.

6. What does Big Joe sing as a "prayer" for Molly?
(a) Oranges and Lemons.
(b) Old MacFarmers.
(c) Ring around the Roses.
(d) Amazing Grace.

7. Who is Jimmy Parsons?
(a) The school administrator.
(b) The boy who beats up Thomas.
(c) The school teacher.
(d) Thomas' best friend.

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

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

10. What do Charlie and Thomas try one more time while Molly is sick?
(a) Going down an abandoned mine shaft.
(b) Poaching.
(c) Finding buried treasure at an abandoned house.
(d) Making peace with the boy who bullied Big joe.

11. How does Thomas and Charlie get rid of food they did not like?
(a) Give it to the dog.
(b) Give it to Big Joe.
(c) Stuff the food in their mouths and run outside and spit it out.
(d) Stuff it in their pockets.

12. Who is Charlie?
(a) Thomas' father.
(b) Thomas' brother.
(c) Thomas' best friend in the first grade.
(d) The next-door neighbor.

13. How do Charlie and Thomas thwart Grandma's scheme to rid the house of Big Joe's "pets"?
(a) They leave inanimate mice around.
(b) They hide the dog under the covers.
(c) They spring the mouse traps.
(d) They get their mother on their side.

14. Of what does the thing hanging from the fence remind Thomas?
(a) His other brother's death.
(b) His father's death.
(c) When his father leaves the family.
(d) His grandfather's farm.

15. How does Thomas describe Grandma Wolf?
(a) Strict with lots of rules.
(b) Easy going.
(c) Quiet.
(d) Always cheerful.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the Colonel do even though he accepts Charlie's mother's offer?

3. Who holds a gun on the boys?

4. What does Thomas realize when he and Charlie are caught on the Colonel's land?

5. Where does Grandma Wolf move?

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