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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 does Tom frown at Mrs. Fletcher in church?
(a) She almost ruins Willie's birthday surprise.
(b) She sings too loudly.
(c) She attempts to sit next to him.
(d) She taliks to Willie during the service.

2. What Bible story does Tom tell Willie?
(a) Sodom and Gomarah.
(b) Lot.
(c) Job.
(d) Noah's Ark.

3. Why doesn't Tom want to go into the paint store?
(a) He has no time.
(b) He doesn't need paint.
(c) Willie is afraid to go in.
(d) He hasn't been in there since Rachel died.

4. In Chapter 8, what is different about school this term ?
(a) There are no Catholics.
(b) A new teacher has been hired to teach the evacuees.
(c) It is much more crowded.
(d) The evacuees have their own room.

5. What does Willie tell the children at the picnic that he likes to do?
(a) Cook.
(b) Fish.
(c) Draw.
(d) Pick berries.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Willie feel about his first day of school?

2. What is ironic about Miss Thorne's thoughts concerning Willie's stay with Tom?

3. How does Nancy Little's entrance into church surprise Willie?

4. What present does Emilia Thorne give Willie that he has never had known before?

5. What is the first of Willie's drawings that everyone sees on his birthday?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Willie feel about Zach and what indicators are there about the way their friendship will or will not develop?

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

3. What does Tom volunteer for at the meeting and how does this show growth in his character?

4. What "firsts" does Willie experience in the "Birthday" chapter and how does he respond to them?

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

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

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

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

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

10. How is Willie's reaction to the squirrel and the dog telling of his character?

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