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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Alec Barnes look embarrassed at carol practice?
(a) Everyone wants to know if his father has been hitting the King kids.
(b) He can't sing.
(c) Everyone wants to know if his father has been using the King kids as slave labor.
(d) He does terribly in the rehearsal for the Christmas show.

2. What has Tom volunteered to do at the end of "The Show Must Go On"?
(a) Direct the Christmas show.
(b) Take over the choir and play the organ.
(c) Deliver the mail.
(d) Cook a big Christmas dinner for the evacuees.

3. In March, Tom gets a letter from Willie's mother. What does it say?
(a) She wants Willie home because she is sick.
(b) She wants Willie to stay with Tom because she can't care for him.
(c) She wants Willie to stay with Tom because the bombing is worse.
(d) She wants Willie home because the war is over.

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

5. What is hanging around Willie's neck?
(a) Rosary Beads.
(b) A cardboard label.
(c) A picture of his mother.
(d) A cross.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the end of Chapter 17, "the Rescue," where do Tom and Willie sleep?

3. What is Willie afraid Tom will write on the postcard to his mother?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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