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

2. What does Willie ask Tom to help him with while he is in the library?
(a) Getting a book off of the shelf.
(b) Learning his alphabet.
(c) Finding a book.
(d) Painting.

3. What does Zach tell Willie that his parents do for a living?
(a) They work for the government.
(b) They are teachers.
(c) They are serving in the war.
(d) They work in the theater.

4. What is the boy doing at the postmasters when Willie first meets him in Chapter 3, "Saturday Morning"?
(a) He is writing to his mother.
(b) He is conversing with the postmaster.
(c) He is sitting in a chair.
(d) He was reading a newspaper.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom need from Roe in Chapter 2?

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

3. What does Doctor Little diagnose Willie with?

4. Why is the librarian astonished that Tom wants a card for Willie?

5. Why are George's girls sulking on the way to berry picking?

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