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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Emilia Thorne often come to the house to do while Tom is at fire duty?
(a) Clean.
(b) Deliver books.
(c) Teach Willie rhymes and poems.
(d) Keep Willie company.

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

4. What is Willie afraid Tom will write on the postcard to his mother?
(a) That she should come for his birthday.
(b) That he can't read and write.
(c) That he has been a bad boy.
(d) That she should come get him at once.

5. What problem does Willie have when he, Tom, and Sammy go out to the fields in Chapter 2?
(a) Willie is afraid to go.
(b) Willie does not want to go.
(c) Willie has no boots, so he can't go.
(d) Willie can't keep up.

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

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

8. How is Tom described in Chapter 1?
(a) Tall and thick.
(b) Average and thin.
(c) Average height and stocky.
(d) Small and thin.

9. Why is Willie afraid of the bath?
(a) His mother says bathing is sinful.
(b) It is too hot.
(c) He does not know how to swim.
(d) It is too big.

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

11. What does the word mackintosh refer to in chapter 1?
(a) A jacket.
(b) A brown bag.
(c) A computer.
(d) An apple.

12. Why does Willie want to cry when he reaches the gate to the field?
(a) Willie's mother says running is sinful.
(b) Tom is mad at him for going so fast.
(c) Sam is licking his face.
(d) He was terrible at running.

13. How does Willie feel about his bruises?
(a) He doesn't care if people see them.
(b) He has not deserved them.
(c) They are the marks of his sins.
(d) He is unfazed by them.

14. What of Tom's did Zach use to finish the shelter?
(a) A shovel.
(b) A pick ax.
(c) A ladder.
(d) A lantern.

15. What does Tom cook for WiIlie on that first day?
(a) Sausage.
(b) Stew.
(c) Bacon.
(d) Porridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Willie panicked in the newspaper shop?

2. How does Nancy Little's entrance into church surprise Willie?

3. What does Charlie Rudder want of Tom?

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

5. What does Tom think of Zach?

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