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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On their walk to the field in the beginning of Chapter 7, what does Tom have Willie do?
(a) Swim in the pond.
(b) Race against Sam.
(c) Take off his boots to feel the grass.
(d) Catch tadpoles.

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

3. What happens at the end of Chapter 2 that makes Willie smile?
(a) Tom gave him socks that were way too big.
(b) Tom let him cook.
(c) He ate potatoes.
(d) The dog licked his face.

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(c) Germany has withdrawn from Poland.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

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

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

7. Why is Doctor Little surprised when he looks at Willie?
(a) He has lice.
(b) He has so many bruises.
(c) His socks have fallen down.
(d) He is very small for his age.

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

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

10. What is the Little's building?
(a) A school for the children.
(b) A bird house.
(c) An air-raid shelter.
(d) A trench for feeding the horses.

11. Why do Mr. Fletcher and his sons come to Tom's house?
(a) To eat supper.
(b) To teach Willie about God.
(c) To dig a trench.
(d) To build a room for Willie.

12. Why doesn't Tom want to go into the paint store?
(a) He has no time.
(b) Willie is afraid to go in.
(c) He doesn't need paint.
(d) He hasn't been in there since Rachel died.

13. How does Nancy Little's entrance into church surprise Willie?
(a) She is wearing pants.
(b) She is wearing red.
(c) She enters without her husband.
(d) She is with the boy from the post office.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Willie's first thought of Mrs. Hartridge?

3. Whose shadow does Willie see at the end of Chapter 5?

4. What is the boy doing at the postmasters when Willie first meets him in Chapter 3, "Saturday Morning"?

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

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