2. How many years of yesterdays and tomorrows does Thomas Peaceful have?
(a) Almost ten years.
(b) Nearly eighteen years.
(c) Nearly twelve years.
(d) He does not specify.

3. Why do Molly's parents forbid her to see Charlie after the incident with Bertha?
(a) Because they think Charlie is too rebellious.
(b) They don't forbid her; they only suggest she not see him.
(c) Because they think Charlie is not a good prospect as a husband.
(d) Because they heard about his stealing the Colonel's dog.

4. Why does Big Joe's family get worried when it becomes dark?
(a) Because they cannot find Big Joe.
(b) Because Bertha is alone in the dark.
(c) Because Bertha is in the dirt.
(d) Because Big Joe refuses to eat.

5. Where are Charlie and Thomas made to walk?
(a) To their cottage.
(b) To jail in town.
(c) To the bailiff's office.
(d) To the Colonel's house.

6. 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.

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

8. Why does Thomas' father sometimes take Thomas into the woods?
(a) To learn how to identify trees.
(b) To give him a spanking.
(c) To learn how to track animals.
(d) To be with the father when he is cutting timber.

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

10. What does Molly tell Grandma Wolf?
(a) Grandma Wolf should move out.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Grandma Wolf will go to hell after death.
(d) Grandma Wolf is a devil.

11. Where are Thomas and Charlie separated?
(a) At church.
(b) At the social worker's office.
(c) At school.
(d) On the school bus.

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

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

14. Who holds a gun on the boys?
(a) The bailiff.
(b) No one.
(c) The Colonel.
(d) The deputy sheriff.

15. What does the Colonel demand when he comes to the cottage in the morning?
(a) That Charlie pay the Colonel for Bertha.
(b) That Charlie tell him where Bertha is.
(c) That Charlie return the Colonel's gun.
(d) That Charlie's mother allow the Colonel to whip him.