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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 problem does Willie have when he, Tom, and Sammy go out to the fields in Chapter 2?
(a) Willie has no boots, so he can't go.
(b) Willie can't keep up.
(c) Willie does not want to go.
(d) Willie is afraid to go.

2. How does the boy at the postmaster's differ from Wilie?
(a) He is much tanner.
(b) He is much older.
(c) He is much smarter.
(d) He is much fatter.

3. What does WIllie discover is missing from Tom's house?
(a) Curtains.
(b) The sounds of traffic.
(c) A Bible.
(d) A wood stove.

4. What does Tom find in Willie's belongings that angers him?
(a) A Bible.
(b) Night clothes.
(c) A belt.
(d) A dirty toothbrush.

5. Why doesn't Willie want to go into the toy shop?
(a) He does not want to be alone.
(b) He does not want Tom to buy him one.
(c) Willie can't buy one.
(d) Willie is afraid he will break one.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Willie's first day of school, what does Tom say they will begin that evening?

2. Why is Doctor Little surprised when he looks at Willie?

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

4. What does Mrs. Beech mean when she writes that she had "sewn him in for the winter"?

5. What is Sammy doing to Willie when Willie wakes up?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Willie become humiliated at school on the first day? What do the children do to make him feel better?

4. 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?

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

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

7. What astonishing discoveries are made at the library?

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

9. How does Tom help Willie with the humiliation that he feels after his first day at school and what do the two of them discover about Willie?

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

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