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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16, "The Search".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens at the end of Chapter 2 that makes Willie smile?
(a) He ate potatoes.
(b) The dog licked his face.
(c) Tom gave him socks that were way too big.
(d) Tom let him cook.

2. 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 Willie is in a bad place with Tom and away from his mother.
(c) She thinks Tom will take care of him the way his mother can't.
(d) She thinks Tom will teach Willie things he does not need.

3. Why does May Thorne begin delivering the mail?
(a) She is the only one with a bicycle.
(b) The postman ran into a tree.
(c) The postman is ill.
(d) The postman is called to the war.

4. Why doesn't Willie want to go into the toy shop?
(a) Willie can't buy one.
(b) Willie is afraid he will break one.
(c) He does not want Tom to buy him one.
(d) He does not want to be alone.

5. Why are three children missing from Mrs. Hartridge's class on Monday in Chapter 14, "New Beginnings"?
(a) The war.
(b) They were ill.
(c) Snow.
(d) They went back to London.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Willie paint on his first day in Mrs. Hartridge's class?

2. What do the townspeople do when Tom joins them at the meeting?

3. At the beginning of the novel, what is standing at the large iron gate of Tom's home?

4. What does Tom's front door look out onto?

5. Why does Tom go to see Mrs. Fletcher after his fire-watch duty?

(see the answer key)

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