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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, "Equipped".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does the boy at the postmaster's differ from Wilie?
(a) He is much tanner.
(b) He is much fatter.
(c) He is much older.
(d) He is much smarter.

3. What kind of a character is Mrs. Fletcher?
(a) Kind and sweet.
(b) Mean and nasty.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) A gossip.

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

5. What does WIllie discover is missing from Tom's house?
(a) A wood stove.
(b) Curtains.
(c) A Bible.
(d) The sounds of traffic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom find in Willie's belongings that angers him?

2. How does Willie feel about his bruises?

3. What surprise has Tom gotten for Willie while they are in town?

4. What is the boy doing at the postmasters when Willie first meets him in Chapter 3, "Saturday Morning"?

5. Why doesn't Willie want to go into the toy shop?

(see the answer key)

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