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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Zach so excited to get Willie home from the church?

2. What does Willie ask Tom to help him with while he is in the library?

3. What do Willie and the other children discover about Zach?

4. What does Tom cook for WiIlie on that first day?

5. What does Willie believe happens at the end of church service?

Short Essay Questions

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

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 does Tom volunteer for at the meeting and how does this show growth in his character?

4. What are Sundays like for Willie at home with his mother? How do those Sundays differ from the Sundays he has with Tom?

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the main setting of the novel affect the storyline?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the people of the city to the people of the countryside in this novel.

Essay Topic 3

How is Mrs. Beech hypocritical and what does this say about the ideas that she taught her son? What did she teach her son specifically? When and how does the reader learn about what Mrs. Beech has taught Willie?

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