Private Peaceful Ch 1-9 Review

Tommo's father died

• from cancer

• in WWI

• when a tree fell on him

• when the Colonel shot him

Mother was forced to work for the Colonel

• in order to stay in their home

• in order to pay him back after he paid for Father's funeral

• in order to send Tommo & Charlie to school

• in order to prevent Charlie from being sent to WWI

Charlie is a good liar

• True

• False

Why did Charlie steal Bertha?

• He was madly in love with her

• He didn't want the Colonel to shoot her

• He didn't want the Colonel to sell her

• Charlie didn't steal Bertha, Tommo do

Why did Tommo feel betrayed by Charlie & Molly?

• They had eloped without telling him

• They'd been secretly sending letters through Big Joe

• They'd been meeting in private & hadn't told Tommo

• They'd run away together & no one ever heard from them again

What news completely shattered Tommo's world?

• Molly was in love with him

• Molly was pregnant with Charlie's baby

• Molly was pregnant with Big Joe's baby

• Molly died from scarlet fever

Why did Tommo enlist in WWI at 15?

• He wanted to keep all that he loved safe

• He was following Charlie

• To prove to himself that he wasn't a coward

• All of these answers are correct

Who gave Tommo the watch that he's keeping time with?

• Charlie

• Father

• Sergeant Hanley

• Captain Wilkes

When Charlie broke ranks & screamed in Hanley's face, what punishment could he have received instead of Field Punishment #1?

• Field Punishment #2

• Dishonorable Discharge to home

• Execution by the firing squad

• Trench Foot

Charlie has become like a big brother to all the men in their regiment.

• True

• False