Private Peaceful Quizzes

Private Peaceful Quiz 1

1 What does Tommo want to remember on the night the story begins?
His first kiss

All thirty-six years of his life

All eighteen years of his life

His computer password
2 Who walks to school with Tommo?
His dog Ollie

His brother Big Joe

His friend Molly

His brother Charlie
3 How does Tommo feel about going to school?
He is delighted

He isn't going to school

He is furious

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

A pet cat

A piece of candy

A hug
5 What does Tommo see on the fence?
A scarecrow

A dead crow

A dead squirrel

An owl
6 What happened to Tommo's father?
He was killed by a falling tree

Tommo never met him

He divorced Tommo's mother

He want to war
7 Why does Tommo feel responsible for his father's death?
His father pushed him out of the way of a falling tree

He stabbed his father

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

He pulled the trigger
8 How are the children divided at the school?
Into first and second graders

Into Bigguns and Tiddlers

Into primary school and middle school

Into girls and boys
9 Why does Tommo cry?
He doesn't know how to tie his laces

The dogs at the school scare him

The bombs scare him

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

His mother

Molly

Miss McAllister
11 What animal does Tommo see in the church during his father's funeral?
A mouse

A fox

A swallow

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

The king of the village

Tommo's father's employer

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

He was an excellent boss

He was as stupid as a tree stump

He was a mad old duffer
14 What is Tommo's dark secret?
He was adopted

He stole money from the church

He was the one who killed his father

He is gay
15 What disgusting objects did Tommo and Charlie once feed to Big Joe?
Soap

Rabbit droppings

Windex

A dead bat
16 What happened to Big Joe to make him developmentally challenged?
He nearly died after he was born from meningitis

He has always been this way

He was dropped on his head by the midwife

He was kidnapped when he was young
17 What does Big Joe try to show the Colonel?
His big toe

The fish he caught

A cat

His new drawing
18 What does Big Joe do when the Colonel ignores him?
Shouts his name

Blows a raspberry

Refuses to speak to him again

Throws a fish at him
19 What does Jimmy Parsons say about Big Joe?
He is a murderer

He is a thief

He should never have been born

He is a loony
20 What does Charlie do when Mr. Munnings beats him?
Stays quiet

Cries

Calls him a curse word

Vows to get revenge
21 What does Molly say about Big Joe?
He is very cruel

He is very kind

He is an idiot

He is rather handsome
22 What does this statement make Tommo realize about Molly?
She is a very stupid girl

She is a very smart girl

He doesn't like her

He will love her until the day he dies
23 What does the Colonel tell the family after Father dies?
He is giving the cottage to them

They need to move out of the cottage

Mother should come and be his wife

He is giving them a year's worth of Father's salary
24 What job does the Colonel offer to mother?
Being an engineer

Being his cook

Being the maid to his wife

Being his concubine
25 Who comes to take care of the boys while Mother is at work?
Grandma Wolf

Auntie Jen

Grandma Sara

Auntie Fox

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