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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. What do the townspeople do when Tom joins them at the meeting?
(a) They snicker.
(b) They jump up to greet him.
(c) They ignore him.
(d) They nudge one another to take notice of Tom.

2. What does Zach want to do that surprises Willie after they first meet?
(a) He wants to take a bath.
(b) He wants to come back the next day.
(c) He wants to stay with Tom and Willie.
(d) He wants to get a hair cut.

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

4. What is Willie doing when George comes to fetch him to bring him to the first carol practice?
(a) Reading.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Rehearsing.
(d) Crying.

5. What does Tom think of Zach?
(a) That he is intelligent.
(b) That he needs a haircut.
(c) That he is rude.
(d) That he is too thin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Willie afraid Tom will write on the postcard to his mother?

2. What does Charlie Rudder want of Tom?

3. What news does Zach bring to the kids about school?

4. Why is Willie afraid of the bath?

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

(see the answer key)

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