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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do all of the children come to tell Willie after the first day of school?
(a) That they cannot be friends with Willie any longer.
(b) That they are upset that Willie is not in their class.
(c) That the teachers were mean to put him in Mrs. Black's class.
(d) That reading and writing are fun.

2. What part does Willie decide to take in the play?
(a) A lost boy.
(b) Captain Hook.
(c) Peter Pan.
(d) Mr. Smee.

3. What does WIllie discover is missing from Tom's house?
(a) A wood stove.
(b) The sounds of traffic.
(c) A Bible.
(d) Curtains.

4. What is Tom's first reaction to the singing of the choir?
(a) He is happy that they sound so good together.
(b) He is gruff because they have bad harmony.
(c) He is happy that they are so loud.
(d) He is gruff because they are too solemn.

5. What is in Wilie's arms when they find him under the stair?
(a) His paintings.
(b) A Bible.
(c) The baby.
(d) A picture of Tom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom think of Zach?

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

3. What does Tom take Willie into the fields to see in Chapter 7?

4. Why do Mr. Fletcher and his sons come to Tom's house?

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

(see the answer key)

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