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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Tom feeling when Willie arrives at carol practice?
(a) Angry because Willie is late.
(b) Frightened.
(c) Shy.
(d) Sad because Rachel is not there.

2. What does Willie decide about the play?
(a) He will quit.
(b) He will play the role of Bob Crachit.
(c) He will play the role of Scrooge.
(d) He will continue doing what he has been doing.

3. What is celebrated on September 7th, 1940?
(a) Willie's birthday.
(b) Zach's birthday.
(c) D-day.
(d) Tom's birthday.

4. What does Willie paint on his first day in Mrs. Hartridge's class?
(a) Mrs. Hartridge.
(b) The twins.
(c) Tom's house.
(d) An old man in an alleyway.

5. What is Zach fixing during the whole of Chapter 18, "Recovery"?
(a) An easel for Willie.
(b) A carriage for Mrs. Hartridge.
(c) A fence for Mrs. Little's garden.
(d) A bike for himself.

6. What has become of Mrs. Beech?
(a) She has been sent to a hosptial.
(b) She has committed suicide.
(c) She has been sent to an insane asylum.
(d) She has been sent to jail.

7. What separates Carrie from the other girls at the high shool?
(a) Her intelligence.
(b) Her lack of wealth.
(c) Her accent.
(d) Her desire not to have friends.

8. What surprise is awaiting Willie when he returns to his house in London?
(a) His father.
(b) Paints.
(c) A dog.
(d) A baby.

9. When he comes to her house to visit, what does Mrs. Hartridge do for Willie to help him heal?
(a) She speaks with him about her husband's death.
(b) She holds the baby at arms length from him.
(c) She feeds him ginger cake and lemonade.
(d) She breastfeeds the baby.

10. In the beginning of Chapter 18, "The Recovery," what does Tom recommend Willie do after his nightmare?
(a) Stay quiet.
(b) Scream loudly.
(c) Cry.
(d) Go for a run.

11. On one visit to Willie, Zach brings up one subject a few times that disturbs Willie. What is it?
(a) Willie's mother.
(b) Babies.
(c) Sex.
(d) Death.

12. As March comes, what do the children get together to plan?
(a) Another play.
(b) A visit to Spooky Cott.
(c) A baby shower for Mrs. Hartridge.
(d) A breakfast for Tom.

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

14. What happens to Trudy?
(a) She goes with her mother.
(b) She dies.
(c) She is hospitalized.
(d) She is never found.

15. What does Carrie wear to school that she has never worn before?
(a) A new blazer.
(b) A white blouse.
(c) A necktie.
(d) A new skirt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Willie wish he had never gone to Weirwold?

2. What name does Zach give the town where he, Tom, and Willie are vacationing?

3. What do the authorities decide to do with Willie when they leave Tom's house?

4. Where does Willie's mother put him after she beats him?

5. In March, Tom gets a letter from Willie's mother. What does it say?

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