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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news is Carrie waiting impatiently at the gate to give Zach after his return from the sea?
(a) She has passed the high school entrance exam.
(b) Mrs. Hartridge has decided to teach high school.
(c) George will not be attending high school.
(d) She has failed the high school entrance exam.

2. Why does Alec Barnes look embarrassed at carol practice?
(a) He can't sing.
(b) Everyone wants to know if his father has been using the King kids as slave labor.
(c) He does terribly in the rehearsal for the Christmas show.
(d) Everyone wants to know if his father has been hitting the King kids.

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

4. What does Tom have a nightmare about after Willie is gone?
(a) Bombings in London.
(b) Mrs. Beech.
(c) Being locked in a tiny space with no air.
(d) Rachel's death.

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

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

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

8. Why does Tom go to see Mrs. Fletcher after his fire-watch duty?
(a) Mrs. Fletcher is about to get a telegram.
(b) Anne Hartridge is about to get a telegram.
(c) He wants advice about Willie.
(d) He wants to speak with George.

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

10. Why does Mrs. Beech beat Willie?
(a) Because he has a Jewish friend.
(b) Because he talked back to her.
(c) Because he had presents for her.
(d) Because he stole.

11. What do the authorities decide to do with Willie when they leave Tom's house?
(a) Take Willie with them back to a home in London.
(b) Leave Willie permanently with Tom.
(c) Leave Willie temporarily with Tom.
(d) Take Willie with them back to his mother.

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

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

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

15. What is Spooky Cott?
(a) A "haunted" cottage.
(b) A cat.
(c) Mrs. Hartridge's home.
(d) An old school house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part does Willie decide to take in the play?

2. What separates Carrie from the other girls at the high shool?

3. How is Geoffrey physically hurt?

4. What do Geoffrey and Miss Thorne decide on for their first lesson?

5. Why does Willie get upset when Tom visits him in the hospital?

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