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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Big Joe run to the school one day?
(a) To ask Thomas for help hunting caterpillars.
(b) He is being chased by some bees he disturbed.
(c) To show Thomas a slow worm Big Joe finds.
(d) He is being chased by one of the town bullies.

3. What punishment does the Colonel decide to mete out?
(a) They have to cut firewood for the Colonel's house for the entire winter.
(b) None.
(c) They have to clear an acre field of rocks.
(d) A whipping and chores.

4. What is the first thing Thomas thinks about from his past?
(a) His first day of school.
(b) His father and mother yelling at each other.
(c) His first bike ride.
(d) His brother being hit by a car.

5. What is Thomas doing when he makes a friend at school?
(a) Learning to tie his boots.
(b) Drawing.
(c) Learning to write his name.
(d) Eating his lunch.

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

7. Where does Big Joe keep his new pet?
(a) In a shoe box in his closet.
(b) In a shoe box under his bed.
(c) In his dresser drawer.
(d) In an empty oatmeal box on his window sill.

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

9. Why doesn't Thomas' mother stand up to Grandma Wolf?
(a) His mother is too tired when she gets home.
(b) His mother says it would be disrespectful.
(c) Grandma Wolf does not need standing up to.
(d) Grandma Wolf intimidates Thomas' mother.

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

11. What does Molly's mother say about Charlie's letters to Molly?
(a) She has not read them.
(b) They are sinful.
(c) They are degrading.
(d) They are sweet.

12. Of what is Big Joe terrified?
(a) The dark.
(b) The devil.
(c) Death.
(d) The Colonel.

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

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 is slow and may misunderstand the answers to his questions.
(d) He say he is going to go to his room to sleep in the middle of the day.

15. What does one of the bigger boys say about Big Joe?
(a) That Big Joe is a natural with animals.
(b) That Big Joe is a loon.
(c) That Big Joe is a nuisance.
(d) That Big Joe should learn how to defend himself.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For what does the Colonel think Charlie should be held accountable?

3. What does Charlie promise Thomas?

4. What does Molly start doing after the fighting incident at school?

5. Why was no one worried about Big Joe earlier in the afternoon of Bertha's burial?

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