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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 is the boy doing at the postmasters when Willie first meets him in Chapter 3, "Saturday Morning"?
(a) He is sitting in a chair.
(b) He is conversing with the postmaster.
(c) He was reading a newspaper.
(d) He is writing to his mother.

2. Why doesn't Tom want to go into the paint store?
(a) He doesn't need paint.
(b) Willie is afraid to go in.
(c) He has no time.
(d) He hasn't been in there since Rachel died.

3. What does Willie ask Tom to help him with while he is in the library?
(a) Painting.
(b) Learning his alphabet.
(c) Getting a book off of the shelf.
(d) Finding a book.

4. What is Willie afraid Tom will write on the postcard to his mother?
(a) That she should come get him at once.
(b) That he has been a bad boy.
(c) That he can't read and write.
(d) That she should come for his birthday.

5. Why is the librarian astonished that Tom wants a card for Willie?
(a) She knows Willie can't read.
(b) There is a rule against cards for placed children.
(c) She sees Tom as being uninvolved.
(d) Tom hates the library.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Willie cook with Tom at the end of his picnic day?

2. Why is Doctor Little surprised when he looks at Willie?

3. What does the Prime Minister inform the country over the wireless?

4. Why does Willie want to cry when he reaches the gate to the field?

5. What does Tom say about the comic book he wants Willie to choose?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tom do to the shelter and what is its relevance?

2. What is "The Case" that is spoken of in the chapter title, and how does it reveal the differences between Zach and the other children?

3. What is the significance of the graveyard?

4. What changes come over Tom as he takes Willie into town and spends the day with him?

5. How does Tom feel about the war? What does he say and do that indicate those feelings?

6. Why are George's sisters upset with George on the day of the picnic, and what does this say about the way that they think?

7. How does Willie feel at the end of the day after going to town?

8. How does Zach's character add to the story?

9. What becomes evident about Willie's education as Chapter 2 progresses?

10. What do Willie and Rachel have in common, and how does it affect Tom in the "Birthday" chapter?

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