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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does May Thorne begin delivering the mail?
(a) The postman ran into a tree.
(b) The postman is called to the war.
(c) She is the only one with a bicycle.
(d) The postman is ill.

2. How does Tom defend Willie against the question posed by the Fletcher boy about Willie's shirt?
(a) He says Willie has a fever he needs to sweat out.
(b) He says it is no one's business.
(c) He says Willie is too thin to take off his shirt.
(d) He says Willie has bruises he needs to cover.

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

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

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 pack of dogs.
(d) A small group of children.

6. Why are many of the evacuees sent back home in the beginning of "The Case" chapter?
(a) Their parents could not give the government money.
(b) The war is over.
(c) They are too homesick.
(d) They misbehaved.

7. How does Mr. Miller first greet Willie?
(a) Happily, he is glad to have the Londoners in town.
(b) Frightened, he is afraid Willie will be bad.
(c) Angrily, he is afraid he will steal from him.
(d) Sadly, he feels sorry for poor, skinny Willie.

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

9. What happens to Willie while he sleeps in the opening of Chapter 3, "Saturday Morning"?
(a) He sleeps soundly for the first time in his life.
(b) He has a wonderful dream.
(c) He wets the bed.
(d) He cries.

10. What does Zach do that makes the ceiling fall?
(a) Wrestles with Willie.
(b) Performs a play.
(c) Jumps on his bed.
(d) Tap dances.

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

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

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

14. What does Mrs. Beech mean when she writes that she had "sewn him in for the winter"?
(a) Willie's undergarments would not come off.
(b) She had Willie sow a promise to be good.
(c) She had insured he would stay inside all winter.
(d) She had stitched Willie's injuries.

15. What favor does Tom ask of the librarian?
(a) To watch Willie while Tom shops.
(b) To help Willie find picture books.
(c) To let Willie have more than three books.
(d) To choose a book that she thinks appropriate for Willie.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what is on the sleeve of the woman's coat?

2. What problem does Willie have when he, Tom, and Sammy go out to the fields in Chapter 2?

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

4. What is Sammy doing to Willie when Willie wakes up?

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

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