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

2. What does Molly say that makes Thomas think he'll love her forever?
(a) That Thomas is brave.
(b) That Charlie is the best brother in the world.
(c) That Thomas is right to defend Big Joe.
(d) That Big Joe is nice.

3. How does Thomas describe Grandma Wolf?
(a) Strict with lots of rules.
(b) Easy going.
(c) Quiet.
(d) Always cheerful.

4. What does Thomas feel about Molly and Charlie as time goes on?
(a) He is being left behind.
(b) He hopes Molly will like him instead of Charlie.
(c) He hopes they will get married.
(d) He hopes Molly won't dessert Charlie again.

5. What is Grandma Wolf's new job?
(a) Cook at a restaurant.
(b) Laundress for the prison.
(c) Housekeeper.
(d) Tailor in the local shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who refuses to cry out with each lash of the cane Mr. Munnings administers?

2. What does the Colonel demand when he comes to the cottage in the morning?

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

4. What does Thomas' mother start doing for the Colonel?

5. What song do they sing at Bertha's grave?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the story of the harvest mouse?

3. How does the boys' situation change for the better after the Colonel's wife dies?

4. What effect does Charlie taking Bertha have on his relationship with Molly?

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

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

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

8. What happens to Bertha?

9. What happens when Thomas and Charlie arrive at school on Thomas' first day of school?

10. Why is Thomas glad to be working at the same farm as Charlie?

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