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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 Emilia Thorne often come to the house to do while Tom is at fire duty?
(a) Keep Willie company.
(b) Clean.
(c) Deliver books.
(d) Teach Willie rhymes and poems.

2. What is Sammy doing to Willie when Willie wakes up?
(a) Barking at him.
(b) Sleeping next to him.
(c) Sniffing his feet.
(d) Nipping at his clothes.

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

4. Why does Willie want to cry when he reaches the gate to the field?
(a) Willie's mother says running is sinful.
(b) Sam is licking his face.
(c) Tom is mad at him for going so fast.
(d) He was terrible at running.

5. What does Tom want Mrs. Fletcher to do for him in Chapter 2?
(a) Take Willie from Tom.
(b) Buy boots for Willie.
(c) Knit Tom a jersey.
(d) Knit a jersey for Willie.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the beginning of the novel, what is standing at the large iron gate of Tom's home?

3. What is Willie afraid Tom will write on the postcard to his mother?

4. What does Tom find in Willie's belongings that angers him?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Tom feel about the war? What does he say and do that indicate those feelings?

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

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

6. Throughout Chapter 5, how does Tom show his care for Willie?

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

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

9. How is Zach different from any other character the reader has met in the book? Who notes the difference? What possible affect will the difference have on the plot of the story?

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

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