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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tom have ready in the morning after Willie sleeps in the bed?
(a) A new mattress.
(b) A tub of hot water.
(c) A new comic book.
(d) Breakfast in bed.

2. Who greets Willie outside of church after the service ends?
(a) The twins.
(b) Lucy, the daughter of Roe, the milk lady.
(c) Mrs. Hartridge, the teacher.
(d) The boy from the post office.

3. Why does May Thorne begin delivering the mail?
(a) The postman ran into a tree.
(b) She is the only one with a bicycle.
(c) The postman is ill.
(d) The postman is called to the war.

4. Why does Willie go to the church to draw?
(a) It is raining outside.
(b) The church is special to him.
(c) The church is empty.
(d) So God will guide him in his drawings.

5. What does the Prime Minister inform the country over the wireless?
(a) The ir was over.
(b) Germany has withdrawn from Poland.
(c) England is at war with Germany.
(d) Germany has invaded England.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Willie cook with Tom at the end of his picnic day?

2. What does Doctor Little diagnose Willie with?

3. What is Tom carrying that surprises the librarian?

4. Why are George's girls sulking on the way to berry picking?

5. What do the townspeople do when Tom joins them at the meeting?

Short Essay Questions

1. What further happens in Chapter 3 that make the reader sympathize even more with Willie?

2. Why has Willie come to stay with Tom and how does Tom feel about this?

3. What might be foreshadowed by Tom dusting off the paints at the end of Chapter 2?

4. Why does Willie believe that he is a bad boy and what are the consequences of his being one?

5. How does Willie feel at the end of the day after going to town?

6. Why is Willie ashamed of himself? Should Willie be ashamed? Who has taught Willie his values and what kind of values are they?

7. What are the signs that both Tom and Willie are healing?

8. How do the townspeople react to Tom's attendance at the meeting and why?

9. How does Zach's character add to the story?

10. Who is Chamberlain? What does he announce? And what will the effects of this announcement be on Tom and Willie?

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