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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 Little's building?
(a) A school for the children.
(b) A bird house.
(c) An air-raid shelter.
(d) A trench for feeding the horses.

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

3. What is ironic about Miss Thorne's thoughts concerning Willie's stay with Tom?
(a) She thinks Willie needs city air when he really needs the country air.
(b) She thinks Tom will teach Willie things he does not need.
(c) She thinks Tom will take care of him the way his mother can't.
(d) She thinks Willie is in a bad place with Tom and away from his mother.

4. What surprise has Tom gotten for Willie while they are in town?
(a) Boots.
(b) Ice cream.
(c) Paintbrushes.
(d) Gas mask.

5. 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 Willie sow a promise to be good.
(c) She had stitched Willie's injuries.
(d) Willie's undergarments would not come off.

Short Answer Questions

1. On their walk in Chapter 2, what does Willie do for Tom?

2. How is Tom described in Chapter 1?

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

4. What does Charlie Rudder want of Tom?

5. What does Tom cook for WiIlie on that first day?

(see the answer key)

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