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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the psychiatrist recommend for Willie?
(a) To go to a children's home.
(b) To go back to his mother.
(c) To go home with Tom.
(d) Hospitalization.

2. Why can't Robert play the role of Scrooge?
(a) He can't memorize the lines.
(b) He is sent back to London.
(c) His mother does not want him to.
(d) He has become ill.

3. What question does Carrie ask Mrs. Hartridge privately?
(a) If Carrie can take the high school entrance exam.
(b) If Carrie can give her a present for the baby.
(c) If Carrie can sit next to George.
(d) If Carrie can help Willie with his writing.

4. What has Geoffrey kept of his friend who was killed in the war?
(a) A pipe.
(b) A piece of sculpture.
(c) A drawing.
(d) Music.

5. What part does Willie decide to take in the play?
(a) Captain Hook.
(b) Peter Pan.
(c) Mr. Smee.
(d) A lost boy.

6. How do Tom, Willie, and Zach find a place to stay in Salmouth?
(a) They find an inn with a vacancy.
(b) Tom has called ahead to a lodge.
(c) Tom goes knocking on doors.
(d) They sleep under the night sky.

7. How does Tom get Willie out of the hospital?
(a) The warden helps Tom get him out.
(b) He kidnaps him.
(c) The psychiatrist allows Tom to take him.
(d) In an ambulance.

8. Why does Willie wish he had never gone to Weirwold?
(a) Because he missed his mother.
(b) So he would always think his mom was kind and loving.
(c) Because the people there only pretended to care.
(d) So he would not be such a sinner.

9. What do the Warden and Glad tell Tom about Mrs. Beech?
(a) She beats her child.
(b) She thinks she is above everyone else.
(c) She is a good person.
(d) She is a hard worker.

10. What is Willie able to do in the water almost immediately.
(a) Breaststroke.
(b) Float.
(c) Dive.
(d) Backstroke.

11. What do Geoffrey and Miss Thorne decide on for their first lesson?
(a) A science project.
(b) A nature project.
(c) An art pfoject.
(d) A poetry project.

12. Why doesn't the choir sing when Tom begins to play?
(a) They are frightened of Tom.
(b) They don't know the song.
(c) They are afraid they will not sound good.
(d) They want to hear him play.

13. Where is Tom taken to his first night in London?
(a) A shelter.
(b) An alleyway.
(c) Mrs. Beech's house.
(d) Jail.

14. What happens when Willie reads the part in Robert's absence?
(a) He stumbles over the words.
(b) He is very silly in his acting.
(c) He sounds monotonous.
(d) He mesmerizes everyone with his ability.

15. What is Willie doing when George comes to fetch him to bring him to the first carol practice?
(a) Reading.
(b) Rehearsing.
(c) Crying.
(d) Sleeping.

Short Answer Questions

1. When he comes to her house to visit, what does Mrs. Hartridge do for Willie to help him heal?

2. On one visit to Willie, Zach brings up one subject a few times that disturbs Willie. What is it?

3. Why does Alec Barnes look embarrassed at carol practice?

4. What does Tom have a nightmare about after Willie is gone?

5. How does Zach feel about Spooky Cott?

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