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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Willie end up in Mrs. Black's class?
(a) Because he is Catholic.
(b) Because he can't read.
(c) Because he is an evacuee.
(d) Because of his age.

2. What does Tom find in Willie's belongings that angers him?
(a) A dirty toothbrush.
(b) A Bible.
(c) A belt.
(d) Night clothes.

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

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

5. What does Dobbs do to Willie when he tries to pat her after George does?
(a) Dobbs licks Willie's hand.
(b) Dobbs nips at Willie's hand.
(c) Dobbs neighs.
(d) Dobbs sends Willie stumbling backwards.

6. What does Willie tell the children at the picnic that he likes to do?
(a) Fish.
(b) Cook.
(c) Pick berries.
(d) Draw.

7. What is the mother's concern for her child's placement in Chapter 1?
(a) That he be placed with other children.
(b) That he be placed with an elderly man.
(c) That he be placed near a school.
(d) That he be placed near a church.

8. From what book does Tom read to Willie after his bath in Chapter 6?
(a) King Arthur.
(b) The Bible.
(c) White Fang.
(d) Just So Stories.

9. What does Tom add to the shelter?
(a) Bunk beds only.
(b) Bunk beds, candles, and plants.
(c) Canned food.
(d) A wireless.

10. What Bible story doesTom tell Willie after his bath in Chapter 6?
(a) Joseph and his coat.
(b) Noah's Ark.
(c) The creation.
(d) Abraham and the commandments.

11. Why doesn't Willie talk to the girls as they pick blackberries?
(a) He doesn't like them.
(b) He knows they don't want him to talk.
(c) He is afraid of them.
(d) His mother said people would like him if he were invisible.

12. Why do the country folk cover their windows at night?
(a) To keep invaders from their homes.
(b) To keep out the light of the missle blasts.
(c) To keep the bombers from seeing targets.
(d) To keep out the early morning sun.

13. What do Willie and the other children discover about Zach?
(a) His parents aren't actors.
(b) He is Jewish.
(c) He hates school.
(d) He can't sing.

14. What is Zach's impression of Willie?
(a) Willie is a talker.
(b) WIllie is a loner.
(c) Willie is kind.
(d) Willie is afraid.

15. What news does Zach bring to the kids about school?
(a) There will be a big carol chorus for Christmas.
(b) There will be a Christmas play.
(c) The school will close because of the war.
(d) Mrs. Hartrigde is pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For what does Tom go to the draper?

3. How does Willie feel about his first day of school?

4. How is Tom described in Chapter 1?

5. Why is Zach so excited to get Willie home from the church?

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