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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What new name does Zach give to Willie?
(a) William.
(b) Billy.
(c) Bill.
(d) Will.

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

4. What does Zach tell Willie that his parents do for a living?
(a) They are teachers.
(b) They are serving in the war.
(c) They work for the government.
(d) They work in the theater.

5. At the beginning of the novel, what is standing at the large iron gate of Tom's home?
(a) Soldiers.
(b) A large group of children.
(c) A small group of children.
(d) A pack of dogs.

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

7. How does the boy at the postmaster's differ from Wilie?
(a) He is much older.
(b) He is much tanner.
(c) He is much smarter.
(d) He is much fatter.

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

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

10. 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.

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

12. On their walk in Chapter 2, what does Willie do for Tom?
(a) He picks berries.
(b) He carries his bag.
(c) He whistles to him.
(d) He walks the dog.

13. What happens to Willie's desserts at the picnic?
(a) The other children help him finish them.
(b) He eats them all.
(c) Ants raid them.
(d) He hides what he can't eat.

14. What does Zach want to do that surprises Willie after they first meet?
(a) He wants to take a bath.
(b) He wants to stay with Tom and Willie.
(c) He wants to come back the next day.
(d) He wants to get a hair cut.

15. For what does Tom go to the draper?
(a) Black material for the windows at night.
(b) Draperies.
(c) Clothes for himself.
(d) Clothes for Willie.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Tom?

2. At the meeting, what does Tom volunteer to do?

3. What does Dobbs do to Willie when he tries to pat her after George does?

4. How old is Willie?

5. What does Willie tell the children at the picnic that he likes to do?

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