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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the mother's concern for her child's placement in Chapter 1?
(a) That he be placed with other children.
(b) That he be placed with an elderly man.
(c) That he be placed near a school.
(d) That he be placed near a church.

2. For what does Tom go to the draper?
(a) Clothes for himself.
(b) Black material for the windows at night.
(c) Clothes for Willie.
(d) Draperies.

3. Who does WIllie meet while he is in the yard in Chapter 1?
(a) The old lady neighbor.
(b) The school teacher.
(c) A young boy.
(d) A dog.

4. What does Tom's front door look out onto?
(a) An orchard.
(b) A pond.
(c) A graveyard.
(d) A garden.

5. Why doesn't Willie pick the color red for his suspenders?
(a) He isn't given the choice of red.
(b) Tom says he doesn't like red.
(c) Willie doesn't like red.
(d) His mother told him red was sinful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Willie panicked in the newspaper shop?

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

3. What happens at the end of Chapter 2 that makes Willie smile?

4. What happens to Willie while he sleeps in the opening of Chapter 3, "Saturday Morning"?

5. How old is Tom?

(see the answer key)

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