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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 Charlie Rudder want of Tom?
(a) To dig an air-raid shelter.
(b) To cover his windows at night.
(c) To house more children.
(d) To wear a gas mask.

2. How does Willie feel about his bruises?
(a) They are the marks of his sins.
(b) He has not deserved them.
(c) He doesn't care if people see them.
(d) He is unfazed by them.

3. Whose shadow does Willie see at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) The vicar's.
(b) His mother's.
(c) The boy from the post office.
(d) A dog's.

4. What news does Zach bring to the kids about school?
(a) There will be a big carol chorus for Christmas.
(b) Mrs. Hartrigde is pregnant.
(c) The school will close because of the war.
(d) There will be a Christmas play.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom add to the shelter?

2. What does the vicar ask Willie to do at church?

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

4. What big gift does Tom give to Willie for his birthday?

5. What change comes for Willie at the end of the "Friday" chapter when his friends come to visit?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the significance of the graveyard?

5. Tom mutters to himself, "best not get fond of the boy, Thomas." Why do you believe that he says this, and what does he mean by it?

6. What does Tom do to the shelter and what is its relevance?

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

8. What is "The Case" that is spoken of in the chapter title, and how does it reveal the differences between Zach and the other children?

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

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

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