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

2. Who is with the Colonel when he confronts the boys?
(a) No one.
(b) The bailiff and his hound.
(c) His field supervisor.
(d) The sheriff.

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

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

5. 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 has been drafted.
(d) He is depressed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Big Joe say is his favorite food?

2. Why do the boys end up enjoying their Saturdays?

3. Why do Molly, Charlie, and Thomas bury a mouse and sing a hymn over its grave?

4. What does one of the bigger boys say about Big Joe?

5. What does Big Joe's mother say in response to his question?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Bertha?

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

3. Where do they bury Bertha and why kind of funeral does she receive?

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

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

6. At the novel's opening, what does Thomas Peaceful want to remember this night?

7. How does Big Joe feel about food and what is his favorite food?

8. What is the story of the harvest mouse?

9. What punishment does the Colonel mete out to the boys and how does their mother amend the punishment?

10. What is life like when Grandma Wolf comes to live at the boys' home?

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