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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When does Grandma Wolf smack Big Joe because of his fondness for certain animals?
(a) When Big Joe lets the dog into his bedroom.
(b) When Big Joe refuses to carry wild mice outside.
(c) When Grandma Wolf is feeling afraid.
(d) When Big Joe puts food out for the mice.

3. 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 doesn't have to feed his dog as much other stuff.
(c) He doesn't want the boys' mother to feel badly that they do like her cooking.
(d) He likes to eat the extra food.

4. What disease does Molly contract?
(a) Rabies.
(b) Measles.
(c) Scarlet Fever.
(d) Polio.

5. Why is Thomas proud of Charlie on the day that Big Joe comes to school?
(a) Because Charlie is so stoic about the cane beating.
(b) Because Charlie tells Thomas' punishment.
(c) Because Charlie tells Mr. Munnings the truth.
(d) Because Charlie does not let Big Joe know the other kids were making fun of him.

6. What is the first thing Thomas thinks about from his past?
(a) His first day of school.
(b) His brother being hit by a car.
(c) His first bike ride.
(d) His father and mother yelling at each other.

7. What does the Colonel demand when he comes to the cottage in the morning?
(a) That Charlie pay the Colonel for Bertha.
(b) That Charlie tell him where Bertha is.
(c) That Charlie's mother allow the Colonel to whip him.
(d) That Charlie return the Colonel's gun.

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

9. What song do they sing at Bertha's grave?
(a) "Amazing Grace."
(b) "Shall We Gather at the River."
(c) They do not sing.
(d) "Jesus Loves Me."

10. How does Thomas and Charlie get rid of food they did not like?
(a) Give it to Big Joe.
(b) Stuff the food in their mouths and run outside and spit it out.
(c) Give it to the dog.
(d) Stuff it in their pockets.

11. Why doesn't Charlie see Molly or Thomas much after the Bertha incident?
(a) He has been drafted.
(b) He is working across the town.
(c) He is depressed.
(d) He is ill.

12. What does Thomas see hanging from a fence?
(a) A felt hat.
(b) A banana peel.
(c) A dead crow.
(d) A red bandana.

13. Why might Big Joe be more upset than the family realizes?
(a) He is slow and may misunderstand the answers to his questions.
(b) He refuses to look for Bertha.
(c) He say he is going to go to his room to sleep in the middle of the day.
(d) He does not cry when they bury Bertha.

14. Who beats up Thomas?
(a) One of the older boys at school.
(b) Mr. Munnings.
(c) Big Joe.
(d) Charlie.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Molly tell Grandma Wolf?

2. What does Charlie refuse to tell the Colonel?

3. What does Big Joe ask his mother?

4. What does Thomas do during his and Charlie's venture onto the Colonel's property?

5. What is Thomas doing when he makes a friend at school?

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