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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Thomas' father yells at him to run when a tree is falling down?
(a) Thomas trips.
(b) Thomas runs into a bear trap.
(c) Thomas runs and gets clear of the tree.
(d) Thomas freezes.

2. What does Big Joe's mother say in response to his question?
(a) All go to Heaven when they die.
(b) There is no hell so the Colonel will not go there.
(c) The Colonel will go to heaven but will be punished for killing Bertha.
(d) Animals go to a lower-level heaven than humans.

3. Where is Bertha buried?
(a) In the woods.
(b) They cremate her.
(c) They never find her body.
(d) In the orchard.

4. What happens when Thomas wakes Big Joe when they find him?
(a) He says he is hungry.
(b) He says he wants to die.
(c) He says Bertha slept with him.
(d) He says Bertha is not mad at the Colonel.

5. What does the Colonel do even though he accepts Charlie's mother's offer?
(a) Punch Charlie in the face.
(b) Fire Charlie and his mother.
(c) Require Charlie to work a day without pay.
(d) Fire Charlie.

6. How does Thomas feel towards Molly when he see her on Christmas Eve?
(a) A different, deeper love.
(b) Enamored.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Hostile.

7. What do Molly and Charlie both do?
(a) Prepare for college.
(b) Begin to take drives into the country.
(c) Join a radical political group.
(d) Quit school.

8. Why doesn't Charlie see Molly or Thomas much after the Bertha incident?
(a) He is ill.
(b) He is depressed.
(c) He has been drafted.
(d) He is working across the town.

9. Where does Grandma Wolf move?
(a) To a house down the street.
(b) To the Colonel's house.
(c) To the rectory.
(d) Back to St. Louis.

10. Why does Big Joe cry uncontrollably one day?
(a) His snake eats his mouse.
(b) His bird flies away.
(c) Grandma Wolf kills his pet.
(d) The neighbor kills his snake.

11. What is Grandma Wolf's new job?
(a) Tailor in the local shop.
(b) Housekeeper.
(c) Cook at a restaurant.
(d) Laundress for the prison.

12. Who is Grandma Wolf?
(a) Thomas' teacher.
(b) Thomas' paternal grandmother.
(c) An elderly neighbor.
(d) Thomas' great aunt.

13. 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.

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

15. What does Thomas feel about Molly and Charlie as time goes on?
(a) He hopes Molly won't dessert Charlie again.
(b) He is being left behind.
(c) He hopes Molly will like him instead of Charlie.
(d) He hopes they will get married.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who beats up Thomas?

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

3. What disease does Molly contract?

4. What does Big Joe after Bertha's burial?

5. Where does Big Joe keep his new pet?

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