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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 to Tom, Willie, and Sammie on the way home from their walk in Chapter 2?
(a) A bomb explodes nearby.
(b) It rains heavily on them.
(c) They slide down a ravine.
(d) Nothing in particular.

2. Where does Willie's mother put him after she beats him?
(a) In his bedroom.
(b) Under the stairs in a closet.
(c) Tied to a chair.
(d) Locked in the kitchen.

3. Why doesn't Willie talk to the girls as they pick blackberries?
(a) He knows they don't want him to talk.
(b) His mother said people would like him if he were invisible.
(c) He is afraid of them.
(d) He doesn't like them.

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

5. In Chapter 8, what is different about school this term ?
(a) It is much more crowded.
(b) The evacuees have their own room.
(c) A new teacher has been hired to teach the evacuees.
(d) There are no Catholics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom teach Willie to do on their walk to mail the postcard?

2. What present does Emilia Thorne give Willie that he has never had known before?

3. What does Zach tell Willie that his parents do for a living?

4. What news does Zach bring to the kids about school?

5. What is Zach's impression of Willie?

(see the answer key)

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