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 computer password

His first kiss

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

His dog Ollie

His friend Molly

His brother Big Joe
3 How does Tommo feel about going to school?
He is furious

He isn't going to school

He is scared

He is delighted
4 What does Charlie offer Tommo to make him feel better?
A pet cat

A piece of candy

A piggyback ride

A hug
5 What does Tommo see on the fence?
An owl

A dead crow

A dead squirrel

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

He want to war

He divorced Tommo's mother

He was killed by a falling tree
7 Why does Tommo feel responsible for his father's death?
He pulled the trigger

He stabbed his father

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

His father pushed him out of the way of a falling tree
8 How are the children divided at the school?
Into first and second graders

Into primary school and middle school

Into girls and boys

Into Bigguns and Tiddlers
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?
Molly

Charlie

Miss McAllister

His mother
11 What animal does Tommo see in the church during his father's funeral?
A swallow

A fox

A cat

A mouse
12 Who is the Colonel?
Tommo's father's employer

Tommo's father's commanding officer

The president of the company

The king of the village
13 What did Tommo's father used to say about the Colonel?
He was a brilliant scholar

He was a mad old duffer

He was an excellent boss

He was as stupid as a tree stump
14 What is Tommo's dark secret?
He was the one who killed his father

He was adopted

He stole money from the church

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

Soap

Rabbit droppings

A dead bat
16 What happened to Big Joe to make him developmentally challenged?
He was dropped on his head by the midwife

He nearly died after he was born from meningitis

He was kidnapped when he was young

He has always been this way
17 What does Big Joe try to show the Colonel?
His new drawing

A cat

The fish he caught

His big toe
18 What does Big Joe do when the Colonel ignores him?
Blows a raspberry

Refuses to speak to him again

Throws a fish at him

Shouts his name
19 What does Jimmy Parsons say about Big Joe?
He is a thief

He is a loony

He should never have been born

He is a murderer
20 What does Charlie do when Mr. Munnings beats him?
Cries

Calls him a curse word

Vows to get revenge

Stays quiet
21 What does Molly say about Big Joe?
He is very cruel

He is an idiot

He is very kind

He is rather handsome
22 What does this statement make Tommo realize about Molly?
He doesn't like her

She is a very stupid girl

He will love her until the day he dies

She is a very smart girl
23 What does the Colonel tell the family after Father dies?
He is giving the cottage to them

He is giving them a year's worth of Father's salary

They need to move out of the cottage

Mother should come and be his wife
24 What job does the Colonel offer to mother?
Being the maid to his wife

Being his concubine

Being an engineer

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

Auntie Fox

Auntie Jen

Grandma Wolf

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