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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. Why doesn't Willie talk to the girls as they pick blackberries?
(a) His mother said people would like him if he were invisible.
(b) He doesn't like them.
(c) He knows they don't want him to talk.
(d) He is afraid of them.

2. What does Tom want Mrs. Fletcher to do for him in Chapter 2?
(a) Buy boots for Willie.
(b) Knit Tom a jersey.
(c) Take Willie from Tom.
(d) Knit a jersey for Willie.

3. What favor does Tom ask of the librarian?
(a) To help Willie find picture books.
(b) To let Willie have more than three books.
(c) To choose a book that she thinks appropriate for Willie.
(d) To watch Willie while Tom shops.

4. What does Tom say about the comic book he wants Willie to choose?
(a) Willie can learn to read using it.
(b) Willie can look at the pictures.
(c) Tom will read it to him.
(d) Tom rushes Willie into his choice of one.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the townspeople do when Tom joins them at the meeting?

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

3. How does the boy at the postmaster's differ from Wilie?

4. What does Willie ask Tom to help him with while he is in the library?

5. What does Tom take Willie into the fields to see in Chapter 7?

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