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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 is Thomas Peaceful determined not to do?
(a) Be angry at his father.
(b) Sleep this night.
(c) Let his mother force him to sleep.
(d) Be mean to his brother.

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

3. Why do the boys end up enjoying their Saturdays?
(a) They learn a great deal about farming.
(b) They make good friends with the dogs.
(c) They become friends with the Colonel.
(d) They learn how to gamble.

4. What is Thomas doing when he makes a friend at school?
(a) Eating his lunch.
(b) Drawing.
(c) Learning to tie his boots.
(d) Learning to write his name.

5. What does Thomas Peaceful want to remember tonight?
(a) Everything about his father.
(b) To pray.
(c) All the memories of his life.
(d) To call his best friend at midnight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what is Big Joe terrified?

2. How does Grandma Wolf feel about Big Joe's favorite animal?

3. Why doesn't Charlie see Molly or Thomas much after the Bertha incident?

4. Where does Grandma Wolf move?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the punishment not so bad and how do the boy mark the end of their punishment period?

2. What is the story of the harvest mouse?

3. What does Charlie do when he sees Thomas in a fight with Jimmy Parsons and what happens to the boys who are fighting?

4. What happens to Bertha?

5. How does Thomas' father die?

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

7. At the novel's opening, what does Thomas Peaceful want to remember this night?

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

9. How has Molly changed when she visits on Christmas Eve and how does Thomas feel about her?

10. What does Big Joe ask his mother about heaven and what is her response?

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