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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through One Minute to Six.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Molly, Charlie, and Thomas bury a mouse and sing a hymn over its grave?
(a) Molly wants the kids to learn about death.
(b) The children want to give their father some company.
(c) Big Joe is so despondent about its demise.
(d) To make Grandma Wolf feel badly.

2. What happens to Hanley?
(a) He is captured.
(b) He returns to the trench where Charlie and Thomas are.
(c) He is killed.
(d) He is badly wounded.

3. Why does Thomas' father sometimes take Thomas into the woods?
(a) To be with the father when he is cutting timber.
(b) To learn how to track animals.
(c) To learn how to identify trees.
(d) To give him a spanking.

4. Why is Big Joe happy about Thomas and Charlie's conspiracy concerning food at meals?
(a) He finds it amusing to see the boys' pockets bulging.
(b) He likes to eat the extra food.
(c) He doesn't want the boys' mother to feel badly that they do like her cooking.
(d) He doesn't have to feed his dog as much other stuff.

5. What happens when the Germans go into retreat?
(a) Thomas' company is ordered to stand down.
(b) Thomas' company starts celebrating.
(c) Thomas' company stands in a stupor.
(d) Thomas' company is ordered to pursue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Molly say that makes Thomas think he'll love her forever?

2. What makes Thomas feel terribly empty while he is on leave?

3. How does Thomas and Charlie get rid of food they did not like?

4. What happens when the Germans reach the barbed wire?

5. Who else suffers as a result of Charlie's refusal?

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