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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. Why is Willie afraid to invite his friends to his room?
(a) The room is not fun.
(b) The room is very small.
(c) He still wets the bed.
(d) He thinks it will anger Tom.

2. Why do Mr. Fletcher and his sons come to Tom's house?
(a) To build a room for Willie.
(b) To teach Willie about God.
(c) To eat supper.
(d) To dig a trench.

3. What does Doctor Little diagnose Willie with?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Malnutrition.
(c) Gout.
(d) Anxiety.

4. How does Willie feel about his bruises?
(a) He has not deserved them.
(b) They are the marks of his sins.
(c) He doesn't care if people see them.
(d) He is unfazed by them.

5. What is the mother's concern for her child's placement in Chapter 1?
(a) That he be placed near a school.
(b) That he be placed with other children.
(c) That he be placed near a church.
(d) That he be placed with an elderly man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom find in Willie's belongings that angers him?

2. What problem does Willie have when he, Tom, and Sammy go out to the fields in Chapter 2?

3. Why does May Thorne begin delivering the mail?

4. What favor does Tom ask of the librarian?

5. What of Tom's did Zach use to finish the shelter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What might be foreshadowed by Tom dusting off the paints at the end of Chapter 2?

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

3. What "firsts" does Willie experience in the "Birthday" chapter and how does he respond to them?

4. How is Willie's reaction to the squirrel and the dog telling of his character?

5. What are the signs that both Tom and Willie are healing?

6. How does Willie begin to fit in with the children and what affect does this have on him?

7. What does the reader learn about Tom as he walks through town with Willie in Chapter 2?

8. How is Zach different from any other character the reader has met in the book? Who notes the difference? What possible affect will the difference have on the plot of the story?

9. How does Tom help Willie with the humiliation that he feels after his first day at school and what do the two of them discover about Willie?

10. What astonishing discoveries are made at the library?

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