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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is George wearing a black armband?
(a) His father was reported missing, believed dead.
(b) His cousin was reported missing, believed dead.
(c) His brother was reported missing, believed dead.
(d) He is showing his loyalty to his country.

2. Why does Willie get upset when Tom visits him in the hospital?
(a) Willie tells Tom he does not like the psychiatrist.
(b) Tom does not plan on taking him home.
(c) Sammy is not with Tom.
(d) Tom is not allowed to stay.

3. What news does Mrs. Hartridge share with Willie?
(a) She is returning to teaching.
(b) Miss Thorne and Geoffrey will marry.
(c) Her husband is alive.
(d) Willie will get over Zach's death.

4. Why does Zach go back to London?
(a) His parents want him home.
(b) The Little's no longer want him.
(c) The war is over.
(d) His father has been severly injured.

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

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

7. How do Tom, Zach, and Willie travel to the fishing village?
(a) By bicycle.
(b) By train.
(c) By boat.
(d) By cart.

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

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

10. Why are three children missing from Mrs. Hartridge's class on Monday in Chapter 14, "New Beginnings"?
(a) They went back to London.
(b) Snow.
(c) They were ill.
(d) The war.

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

12. How does Zach die?
(a) Blitzes in London.
(b) In a fire.
(c) His bus is blown up.
(d) A train crash on his way to London.

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

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

15. What is in Wilie's arms when they find him under the stair?
(a) His paintings.
(b) A Bible.
(c) A picture of Tom.
(d) The baby.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Spooky Cott?

3. What has Geoffrey kept of his friend who was killed in the war?

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

5. What does Tom do after carol practice when only he and Willie are in the church?

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