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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Grandma Wolf ask an animal charmer from the village come to the house once?
(a) To charm the Big Joe's pets away.
(b) To charm the spiders out of the house.
(c) To see if he could make the horse stop bucking.
(d) To see if he could help the dog who was afraid of thunder.

5. What does Thomas usually forgo while at school?
(a) Fighting.
(b) Flicking his lucky knife open and closed.
(c) Talking to Charlie.
(d) Eating his lunch.

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

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

8. When does Grandma Wolf smack Big Joe because of his fondness for certain animals?
(a) When Grandma Wolf is feeling afraid.
(b) When Big Joe puts food out for the mice.
(c) When Big Joe lets the dog into his bedroom.
(d) When Big Joe refuses to carry wild mice outside.

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

10. What do Charlie, Thomas, and their mother on the day of the burial do after it gets dark?
(a) Have dinner and hope Big Joe will arrive.
(b) Call the Colonel.
(c) Search for Big Joe.
(d) Decide to wait until morning to search for Big Joe.

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

12. What does Big Joe after Bertha's burial?
(a) Wanders off.
(b) Goes back and sits by Bertha's grave.
(c) Goes to the Colonel's house.
(d) Goes and lies under his bed.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Big Joe keep his new pet?

2. What is Thomas doing when he makes a friend at school?

3. What is Thomas worried about in this first memory?

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

5. Why do Molly's parents forbid her to see Charlie after the incident with Bertha?

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