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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 22, "Grieving".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How has Willie's room changed?
(a) There are pictures on the walls of his drawings.
(b) The rubber sheets are gone.
(c) The bed is larger than before.
(d) A picture of his mother is on the shelf.

2. What does the psychiatrist recommend for Willie?
(a) To go to a children's home.
(b) To go back to his mother.
(c) To go home with Tom.
(d) Hospitalization.

3. Why is Doctor Little surprised when he looks at Willie?
(a) He is very small for his age.
(b) He has so many bruises.
(c) His socks have fallen down.
(d) He has lice.

4. What does Willie discover about his mother in Chapter 18, "Recovery"?
(a) She is dead.
(b) She is a bad person.
(c) She has run away.
(d) She is a liar.

5. What does Tom's front door look out onto?
(a) A garden.
(b) An orchard.
(c) A graveyard.
(d) A pond.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the boy doing at the postmasters when Willie first meets him in Chapter 3, "Saturday Morning"?

2. Why does Willie want to cry when he reaches the gate to the field?

3. Why does Tom frown at Mrs. Fletcher in church?

4. What does George invite Willie to do the day after they build the shelter?

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

(see the answer key)

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