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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Minute Past Three.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Molly and Charlie begin to work?
(a) A factory.
(b) The Colonel's house.
(c) A cattle ranch.
(d) A dairy farm.

2. How successful is the animal charmer?
(a) He manages to get the spiders all in one room.
(b) His is not successful at all.
(c) The dog stops cowering during thunderstorms.
(d) The horse no longer bucks but it will not move anywhere.

3. What does Charlie promise Thomas?
(a) That their father will come back home.
(b) That their mother is going to be well.
(c) That Thomas will love school.
(d) To take care of Thomas.

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

5. What animal does Big Joe love?
(a) Cats.
(b) Mice.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Birds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Thomas, Charlie, and their local friends sent?

2. What does Molly give Big Joe for his birthday?

3. What does Charlie refuse to do?

4. What does Molly's mother say about Charlie's letters to Molly?

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

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