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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Thomas proud of Charlie on the day that Big Joe comes to school?
(a) Because Charlie tells Thomas' punishment.
(b) Because Charlie is so stoic about the cane beating.
(c) Because Charlie does not let Big Joe know the other kids were making fun of him.
(d) Because Charlie tells Mr. Munnings the truth.

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

3. What is Thomas Peaceful determined not to do?
(a) Be mean to his brother.
(b) Be angry at his father.
(c) Sleep this night.
(d) Let his mother force him to sleep.

4. Why don't Charles and Thomas see Molly anymore?
(a) Because Molly gets angry with them.
(b) Because she moves away.
(c) Because of her illness.
(d) Because her father meets Big Joe.

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

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

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

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

9. What is one way that Molly is different when the boys see her on Christmas Eve?
(a) Her hair is shorter.
(b) She is gaunt.
(c) She is heavier.
(d) Her hair is down to the back of her knees.

10. What does Charlie convince Thomas to do for him concerning Molly?
(a) Try to convince her parents that Charlie is not a thief.
(b) Deliver letters.
(c) Try to talk to Molly and convince her to run away with Charlie.
(d) Set up meetings with Molly.

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

12. What does Charlie refuse to tell the Colonel?
(a) Where Bertha is.
(b) If Thomas has Bertha.
(c) If Charlie thinks the Colonel is wrong.
(d) Why Charlie left early the day before.

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

14. Why might Big Joe be more upset than the family realizes?
(a) He does not cry when they bury Bertha.
(b) He refuses to look for Bertha.
(c) He say he is going to go to his room to sleep in the middle of the day.
(d) He is slow and may misunderstand the answers to his questions.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Molly predict when she reads Thomas, Charlie, and her future?

2. Why does Big Joe's family get worried when it becomes dark?

3. What does Molly's mother say about Charlie's letters to Molly?

4. What disease does Molly contract?

5. Why does Big Joe run to the school one day?

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