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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, "Zach".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is Willie panicked in the newspaper shop?
(a) He does not know what the shopkeeper is asking.
(b) He has never seen candy before.
(c) He does not understand what Tom wants him to do.
(d) He never had to choose a candy before.

3. Whose shadow does Willie see at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) The boy from the post office.
(b) His mother's.
(c) A dog's.
(d) The vicar's.

4. 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.

5. How is Tom described in Chapter 1?
(a) Average and thin.
(b) Average height and stocky.
(c) Small and thin.
(d) Tall and thick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who greets Willie outside of church after the service ends?

2. Why is Doctor Little surprised when he looks at Willie?

3. How does Tom defend Willie against the question posed by the Fletcher boy about Willie's shirt?

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

5. What is ironic about Miss Thorne's thoughts concerning Willie's stay with Tom?

(see the answer key)

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