Private Peaceful Quizzes

Private Peaceful Quiz 1

1 What does Tommo want to remember on the night the story begins?
All thirty-six years of his life

His first kiss

His computer password

All eighteen years of his life
2 Who walks to school with Tommo?
His brother Charlie

His brother Big Joe

His dog Ollie

His friend Molly
3 How does Tommo feel about going to school?
He is delighted

He is furious

He isn't going to school

He is scared
4 What does Charlie offer Tommo to make him feel better?
A hug

A pet cat

A piece of candy

A piggyback ride
5 What does Tommo see on the fence?
A scarecrow

A dead crow

An owl

A dead squirrel
6 What happened to Tommo's father?
Tommo never met him

He was killed by a falling tree

He want to war

He divorced Tommo's mother
7 Why does Tommo feel responsible for his father's death?
He pulled the trigger

He made his father upset and then his father had an accident

His father pushed him out of the way of a falling tree

He stabbed his father
8 How are the children divided at the school?
Into first and second graders

Into girls and boys

Into Bigguns and Tiddlers

Into primary school and middle school
9 Why does Tommo cry?
The dogs at the school scare him

He doesn't know how to tie his laces

The bombs scare him

He is worried about his mother
10 Who helps Tommo tie his shoes?
Miss McAllister

Charlie

His mother

Molly
11 What animal does Tommo see in the church during his father's funeral?
A cat

A mouse

A swallow

A fox
12 Who is the Colonel?
The president of the company

The king of the village

Tommo's father's commanding officer

Tommo's father's employer
13 What did Tommo's father used to say about the Colonel?
He was a brilliant scholar

He was as stupid as a tree stump

He was an excellent boss

He was a mad old duffer
14 What is Tommo's dark secret?
He stole money from the church

He was the one who killed his father

He is gay

He was adopted
15 What disgusting objects did Tommo and Charlie once feed to Big Joe?
Rabbit droppings

Soap

Windex

A dead bat
16 What happened to Big Joe to make him developmentally challenged?
He has always been this way

He nearly died after he was born from meningitis

He was kidnapped when he was young

He was dropped on his head by the midwife
17 What does Big Joe try to show the Colonel?
His new drawing

His big toe

The fish he caught

A cat
18 What does Big Joe do when the Colonel ignores him?
Throws a fish at him

Refuses to speak to him again

Shouts his name

Blows a raspberry
19 What does Jimmy Parsons say about Big Joe?
He is a murderer

He is a thief

He is a loony

He should never have been born
20 What does Charlie do when Mr. Munnings beats him?
Vows to get revenge

Calls him a curse word

Stays quiet

Cries
21 What does Molly say about Big Joe?
He is an idiot

He is very cruel

He is rather handsome

He is very kind
22 What does this statement make Tommo realize about Molly?
He will love her until the day he dies

She is a very stupid girl

She is a very smart girl

He doesn't like her
23 What does the Colonel tell the family after Father dies?
He is giving them a year's worth of Father's salary

He is giving the cottage to them

Mother should come and be his wife

They need to move out of the cottage
24 What job does the Colonel offer to mother?
Being his cook

Being his concubine

Being an engineer

Being the maid to his wife
25 Who comes to take care of the boys while Mother is at work?
Grandma Sara

Grandma Wolf

Auntie Fox

Auntie Jen

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