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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the boy doing at the postmasters when Willie first meets him in Chapter 3, "Saturday Morning"?
(a) He is conversing with the postmaster.
(b) He was reading a newspaper.
(c) He is sitting in a chair.
(d) He is writing to his mother.

2. What upsets Carrie about George?
(a) He can act in the play and she can't.
(b) He has opportunities she wants and he does not.
(c) He is smarter than she is.
(d) He teases her all of the time.

3. What does Tom want Mrs. Fletcher to do for him in Chapter 2?
(a) Take Willie from Tom.
(b) Knit a jersey for Willie.
(c) Buy boots for Willie.
(d) Knit Tom a jersey.

4. What does Tom tell Mrs. Fletcher he has seen Willie do for the first time?
(a) Laugh.
(b) Read.
(c) Not wet his bed.
(d) Cry.

5. Why is Zach so excited to get Willie home from the church?
(a) There is a surprise party for him.
(b) Lucy baked cookies for him.
(c) His mother sent a gift.
(d) He wants Willie to show everyone the drawing.

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

7. Why has Willie chosen to rise a bit earlier every day at the beginning of the "Birthday" chapter?
(a) To practice reading and writing.
(b) To practice drawing.
(c) To work in the garden.
(d) To practice running.

8. Why are George's girls sulking on the way to berry picking?
(a) They did not want the evacuues to come.
(b) They want bigger baskets for their berries.
(c) They don't want to pick berries.
(d) They don't want Lucy to join them.

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

10. What does Tom teach Willie to do on their walk to mail the postcard?
(a) Milk a cow.
(b) Knock at the door.
(c) Ride the horse.
(d) Lock the gates.

11. What is Sammy doing to Willie when Willie wakes up?
(a) Sleeping next to him.
(b) Sniffing his feet.
(c) Nipping at his clothes.
(d) Barking at him.

12. What surprise has Tom gotten for Willie while they are in town?
(a) Paintbrushes.
(b) Gas mask.
(c) Boots.
(d) Ice cream.

13. What does Tom say about the comic book he wants Willie to choose?
(a) Willie can look at the pictures.
(b) Tom will read it to him.
(c) Willie can learn to read using it.
(d) Tom rushes Willie into his choice of one.

14. After Willie's first day of school, what does Tom say they will begin that evening?
(a) Learning to write.
(b) New Bible stories.
(c) Planting the turnips.
(d) Running.

15. What confusing saying did Zach leave Willie with on the night they first met?
(a) In a while, crocodile.
(b) Roger, wilco, and out.
(c) Just looking for spies.
(d) See ya later, alligator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Willie believe happens at the end of church service?

2. In Chapter 8, what is different about school this term ?

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

4. Why are many of the evacuees sent back home in the beginning of "The Case" chapter?

5. What is the mother's concern for her child's placement in Chapter 1?

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