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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. Why do the country folk cover their windows at night?
(a) To keep invaders from their homes.
(b) To keep out the early morning sun.
(c) To keep out the light of the missle blasts.
(d) To keep the bombers from seeing targets.

2. On their walk to the field in the beginning of Chapter 7, what does Tom have Willie do?
(a) Take off his boots to feel the grass.
(b) Catch tadpoles.
(c) Race against Sam.
(d) Swim in the pond.

3. Who does WIllie meet while he is in the yard in Chapter 1?
(a) The old lady neighbor.
(b) A dog.
(c) The school teacher.
(d) A young boy.

4. What happens to Willie's desserts at the picnic?
(a) The other children help him finish them.
(b) He hides what he can't eat.
(c) Ants raid them.
(d) He eats them all.

5. What is the first of Willie's drawings that everyone sees on his birthday?
(a) A person praying in church.
(b) Jesus on the cross.
(c) The pulpit.
(d) An eagle flying in the rain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the young Fletcher boys come looking for at Tom's?

2. What does Tom take Willie into the fields to see in Chapter 7?

3. What does Tom say about the comic book he wants Willie to choose?

4. What does Tom need from Roe in Chapter 2?

5. What does Tom's front door look out onto?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What becomes evident about Willie's education as Chapter 2 progresses?

3. What do Willie and Rachel have in common, and how does it affect Tom in the "Birthday" chapter?

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

5. Christmas is on its way. What events does Christmas bring and how will the children participate?

6. What changes come over Tom as he takes Willie into town and spends the day with him?

7. What is the meaning of the title of Chapter 4?

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

9. How does Willie begin to fit in with the children and what affect does this have on him?

10. Why is the entrance of the post-office boy suspenseful?

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