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

2. Who greets Willie outside of church after the service ends?
(a) Lucy, the daughter of Roe, the milk lady.
(b) The twins.
(c) The boy from the post office.
(d) Mrs. Hartridge, the teacher.

3. Why does Willie wish he had never gone to Weirwold?
(a) Because he missed his mother.
(b) So he would not be such a sinner.
(c) Because the people there only pretended to care.
(d) So he would always think his mom was kind and loving.

4. What does Willie ask Tom to help him with while he is in the library?
(a) Finding a book.
(b) Learning his alphabet.
(c) Getting a book off of the shelf.
(d) Painting.

5. What does Willie cook with Tom at the end of his picnic day?
(a) apple and black currant pie
(b) Stew.
(c) Blackberry jam.
(d) Potatoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the country folk cover their windows at night?

2. In Chapter 1, what is on the sleeve of the woman's coat?

3. What do the young Fletcher boys come looking for at Tom's?

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

5. Why doesn't Willie pick the color red for his suspenders?

(see the answer key)

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