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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Tom have ready in the morning after Willie sleeps in the bed?
(a) A new comic book.
(b) Breakfast in bed.
(c) A new mattress.
(d) A tub of hot water.

4. What big gift does Tom give to Willie for his birthday?
(a) A new bed.
(b) Sketch pads and pencils.
(c) A visit from his mother.
(d) A pony.

5. What does Willie believe happens at the end of church service?
(a) A big meal is served.
(b) Kneeling in prayer for a long time.
(c) A good whipping is given.
(d) Wailing of sins by everyone.

6. Why is Willie afraid to invite his friends to his room?
(a) He thinks it will anger Tom.
(b) The room is not fun.
(c) The room is very small.
(d) He still wets the bed.

7. 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.

8. Why doesn't Willie pick the color red for his suspenders?
(a) His mother told him red was sinful.
(b) Willie doesn't like red.
(c) He isn't given the choice of red.
(d) Tom says he doesn't like red.

9. Who does WIllie meet while he is in the yard in Chapter 1?
(a) The school teacher.
(b) A young boy.
(c) The old lady neighbor.
(d) A dog.

10. What does the Prime Minister inform the country over the wireless?
(a) Germany has withdrawn from Poland.
(b) Germany has invaded England.
(c) England is at war with Germany.
(d) The ir was over.

11. In Chapter 8, what is different about school this term ?
(a) It is much more crowded.
(b) There are no Catholics.
(c) A new teacher has been hired to teach the evacuees.
(d) The evacuees have their own room.

12. What does Charlie Rudder want of Tom?
(a) To cover his windows at night.
(b) To dig an air-raid shelter.
(c) To wear a gas mask.
(d) To house more children.

13. What present does Emilia Thorne give Willie that he has never had known before?
(a) A balaclava.
(b) A book.
(c) Boots.
(d) Clothes.

14. 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) Tom rushes Willie into his choice of one.
(d) Willie can learn to read using it.

15. In Chapter 1, what is on the sleeve of the woman's coat?
(a) An armband.
(b) Blood.
(c) The letter S.
(d) A patch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Little's building?

2. How is Tom described in Chapter 1?

3. What does Zach want to do that surprises Willie after they first meet?

4. How does Tom defend Willie against the question posed by the Fletcher boy about Willie's shirt?

5. Why hasn't Willie painted at school?

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