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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. What question does Carrie ask Mrs. Hartridge privately?
2. Why is George wearing a black armband?
3. How does Zach feel about Spooky Cott?
4. What surprise is awaiting Willie when he returns to his house in London?
5. As March comes, what do the children get together to plan?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 14, "New Beginnings," there are a few actual new beginnings. What are they, and what changes will they bring to the lives of the characters?
2. What does everyone at the rehearsal discover about Willie? How does this discovery affect him? How is this discovery not surprising?
3. How does the choir respond to Mr. Tom on his first night of organ playing for the carol service?
4. How is Chapter 13, "Carol Singing" a milestone in Tom's life?
5. How has Zach helped Willie discover himself?
6. Once again, there is great suspense. Describe the suspense in Chapter 17, "The Rescue."
7. Chapter 18, is called "Recovery." Specifically, how does Willie begin to recover, and who helps him do so in this chapter?
8. How is Chapter 16, "The Search" suspenseful?
9. What has Carrie asked of Mrs. Hartridge that is out of character for a girl of this period, and what might its effects be on the town of Weirwold.
10. What is the relationship between Zach and his parents? Why would the reader question this relationship?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
In what ways does Mrs. Beech not recognize her own son when he returns to London? How does she react to the changes? What does she believe brought about the changes? What do the changes say about the way she used to treat her son?
Essay Topic 3
How does the main setting of the novel affect the storyline?
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