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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Zach feel about Spooky Cott?
(a) He is afraid.
(b) He is mesmerized by the music coming from it.
(c) He is sad to see it occupied.
(d) He is excited to see it.

3. What does Zach give to Willie when Zach packs to leave for London?
(a) A copy of Tom Sawyer.
(b) A picture of the two boys.
(c) A copy of Shakespeare's works.
(d) A photograph of Zach's father.

4. 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 don't know the song.
(d) They want to hear him play.

5. After finishing the scenery for the Christmas show, what job does Willie next take on?
(a) Script blocker.
(b) Line prompter.
(c) Assistant director.
(d) Costume designer.

6. At the end of Chapter 17, "the Rescue," where do Tom and Willie sleep?
(a) At the blacksmith's house.
(b) In the back of Dobb's carriage.
(c) At Tom's house.
(d) At Doctor Little's house.

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

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

9. What piece of himself does Tom finally share with Willie?
(a) His struggle to teach Willie to read.
(b) His grief in buying the paints for Willie.
(c) His need for a son.
(d) The loss of his wife and baby.

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

11. How is Geoffrey physically hurt?
(a) He has lost an ear and an arm.
(b) He has lost an ear and a leg.
(c) He has lost an both legs.
(d) He has lost an arm and a leg.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Willie teach himself to do after Zach dies?

2. What is in Wilie's arms when they find him under the stair?

3. What does Geoffrey decide to do for work?

4. What is Spooky Cott?

5. How does Tom get into Mrs. Beech's house?

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