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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, "The Case".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Zach do that makes the ceiling fall?
(a) Wrestles with Willie.
(b) Tap dances.
(c) Performs a play.
(d) Jumps on his bed.

3. What is hanging around Willie's neck?
(a) A cardboard label.
(b) Rosary Beads.
(c) A cross.
(d) A picture of his mother.

4. What does Emilia Thorne often come to the house to do while Tom is at fire duty?
(a) Keep Willie company.
(b) Teach Willie rhymes and poems.
(c) Clean.
(d) Deliver books.

5. What problem does Willie have when he, Tom, and Sammy go out to the fields in Chapter 2?
(a) Willie can't keep up.
(b) Willie is afraid to go.
(c) Willie does not want to go.
(d) Willie has no boots, so he can't go.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why doesn't Tom want to go into the paint store?

3. What does the word mackintosh refer to in chapter 1?

4. What is different about Zach that Tom and George both note?

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

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