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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, "Carol Singing".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why doesn't the choir sing when Tom begins to play?
(a) They are frightened of Tom.
(b) They are afraid they will not sound good.
(c) They want to hear him play.
(d) They don't know the song.

2. What does Tom teach Willie to do on their walk to mail the postcard?
(a) Knock at the door.
(b) Lock the gates.
(c) Ride the horse.
(d) Milk a cow.

3. Why does Alec Barnes look embarrassed at carol practice?
(a) He can't sing.
(b) He does terribly in the rehearsal for the Christmas show.
(c) Everyone wants to know if his father has been using the King kids as slave labor.
(d) Everyone wants to know if his father has been hitting the King kids.

4. What upsets Carrie about George?
(a) He has opportunities she wants and he does not.
(b) He teases her all of the time.
(c) He can act in the play and she can't.
(d) He is smarter than she is.

5. What news does Zach bring to the kids about school?
(a) There will be a Christmas play.
(b) There will be a big carol chorus for Christmas.
(c) The school will close because of the war.
(d) Mrs. Hartrigde is pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Zach's impression of Willie?

2. What change comes for Willie at the end of the "Friday" chapter when his friends come to visit?

3. What do all of the children come to tell Willie after the first day of school?

4. What happens to Willie while he sleeps in the opening of Chapter 3, "Saturday Morning"?

5. What is Tom's first reaction to the singing of the choir?

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