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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) The other children help him finish them.
(b) He eats them all.
(c) He hides what he can't eat.
(d) Ants raid them.

2. What Bible story doesTom tell Willie after his bath in Chapter 6?
(a) The creation.
(b) Joseph and his coat.
(c) Abraham and the commandments.
(d) Noah's Ark.

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

4. What does Mrs. Beech mean when she writes that she had "sewn him in for the winter"?
(a) She had insured he would stay inside all winter.
(b) She had stitched Willie's injuries.
(c) Willie's undergarments would not come off.
(d) She had Willie sow a promise to be good.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Tom want to go into the paint store?

2. What is ironic about Miss Thorne's thoughts concerning Willie's stay with Tom?

3. What new name does Zach give to Willie?

4. What is the Little's building?

5. What does Tom teach Willie to do on their walk to mail the postcard?

(see the answer key)

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