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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Nearly Four O'clock.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What happens when Charlie and Thomas get to France?
(a) They are split up.
(b) They are given non-combat assignments.
(c) They are both sent to work in the kitchens.
(d) They have to face the truth of the war.

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

5. Why don't Charles and Thomas see Molly anymore?
(a) Because of her illness.
(b) Because she moves away.
(c) Because her father meets Big Joe.
(d) Because Molly gets angry with them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charlie promise Thomas?

2. What does the Colonel do even though he accepts Charlie's mother's offer?

3. What does Thomas do at work that is different?

4. What do the boys do when they leave the Colonel's place on Christmas Eve?

5. What does Thomas try not to do concerning Charlie or Molly?

(see the answer key)

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