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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 does Thomas see hanging from a fence?
(a) A banana peel.
(b) A dead crow.
(c) A felt hat.
(d) A red bandana.
2. What does Molly's mother say about Charlie's letters to Molly?
(a) They are sweet.
(b) They are sinful.
(c) She has not read them.
(d) They are degrading.
3. What does one of the bigger boys say about Big Joe?
(a) That Big Joe is a natural with animals.
(b) That Big Joe is a loon.
(c) That Big Joe should learn how to defend himself.
(d) That Big Joe is a nuisance.
4. What does Thomas learn how to do at school?
(a) Write his name.
(b) Use the water fountain.
(c) Tie his boots.
(d) Say the pledge of allegiance.
5. What does Big Joe's mother say in response to his question?
(a) There is no hell so the Colonel will not go there.
(b) Animals go to a lower-level heaven than humans.
(c) All go to Heaven when they die.
(d) The Colonel will go to heaven but will be punished for killing Bertha.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Molly do for Thomas?
2. What is Thomas classified as when he starts school?
3. What does Charlie figure the Colonel will find out?
4. What do Charlie and Thomas' mother do when the boys are caught on the Colonel's land?
5. Why do Molly's parents forbid her to see Charlie after the incident with Bertha?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is life like when Grandma Wolf comes to live at the boys' home?
2. Where do they bury Bertha and why kind of funeral does she receive?
3. How do Molly and Charlie gradually become distanced from Thomas and what is Thomas' response?
4. Why is Charlie upset by the Colonels plans for Bertha and what does he do to thwart those plans?
5. Describe Thomas and Charlie's poaching experience.
6. What does Big Joe do after Bertha's funeral and why isn't anyone worried?
7. What punishment does the Colonel mete out to the boys and how does their mother amend the punishment?
8. What animal does Big Joe love and who does not share his enthusiasm for the creatures?
9. Why is Thomas glad to be working at the same farm as Charlie?
10. How does the boys' situation change for the better after the Colonel's wife dies?
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