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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, "An Encounter over Blackberries".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Willie's desserts at the picnic?
(a) He eats them all.
(b) He hides what he can't eat.
(c) Ants raid them.
(d) The other children help him finish them.

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

3. Why hasn't Willie painted at school?
(a) The other kids won't let him.
(b) Because he can't read and write.
(c) His mother won't let him.
(d) He is too poor.

4. Why is the librarian astonished that Tom wants a card for Willie?
(a) Tom hates the library.
(b) She knows Willie can't read.
(c) She sees Tom as being uninvolved.
(d) There is a rule against cards for placed children.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Willie panicked in the newspaper shop?

2. On their walk to the field in the beginning of Chapter 7, what does Tom have Willie do?

3. What does Tom say about the comic book he wants Willie to choose?

4. What does Willie cook with Tom at the end of his picnic day?

5. What is Tom carrying that surprises the librarian?

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