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

2. Why hasn't Willie painted at school?
(a) His mother won't let him.
(b) Because he can't read and write.
(c) The other kids won't let him.
(d) He is too poor.

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

4. How does Nancy Little's entrance into church surprise Willie?
(a) She enters without her husband.
(b) She is with the boy from the post office.
(c) She is wearing pants.
(d) She is wearing red.

5. Why do Mr. Fletcher and his sons come to Tom's house?
(a) To eat supper.
(b) To dig a trench.
(c) To teach Willie about God.
(d) To build a room for Willie.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do all of the children come to tell Willie after the first day of school?

3. Why is Willie afraid to invite his friends to his room?

4. Why does Willie want to cry when he reaches the gate to the field?

5. What does the chapter title "The Case" refer to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What astonishing discoveries are made at the library?

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

3. What does the reader learn about Tom as he walks through town with Willie in Chapter 2?

4. 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?

5. How has the war begun to affect the villagers?

6. 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?

7. What are Sundays like for Willie at home with his mother? How do those Sundays differ from the Sundays he has with Tom?

8. Why are George's sisters upset with George on the day of the picnic, and what does this say about the way that they think?

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

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

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