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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Thomas Peaceful want to remember tonight?
(a) Everything about his father.
(b) To call his best friend at midnight.
(c) All the memories of his life.
(d) To pray.

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

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

5. What does Charlie figure the Colonel will find out?
(a) What Charlie has done with Bertha.
(b)
(c)
(d) That Charlie intends to marry his granddaughter.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Thomas say Big Joe used to eat?

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

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

5. Why don't Charles and Thomas see Molly anymore?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Charlie and Thomas thwart Grandma Wolf's attempts to get rid of the mice?

2. What does Charlie do when he sees Thomas in a fight with Jimmy Parsons and what happens to the boys who are fighting?

3. What is the story of the harvest mouse?

4. Describe Thomas and Charlie's poaching experience.

5. What does Thomas remember about his first day of school?

6. At the novel's opening, who is Thomas Peaceful with and why is he determined not to sleep?

7. How does Thomas' father die?

8. What does Big Joe ask his mother about heaven and what is her response?

9. What precipitates a fight at school between Thomas and Jimmy Parsons?

10. How do Charlie and Jimmy react to being caned and what does Thomas feel about Charlie?

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