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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 name does Zach give the town where he, Tom, and Willie are vacationing?
(a) Salty mouth.
(b) Mackerel.
(c) Fish town.
(d) Salt-on-the-Mouth.

2. What is celebrated on September 7th, 1940?
(a) Zach's birthday.
(b) Tom's birthday.
(c) D-day.
(d) Willie's birthday.

3. What does Willie paint on his first day in Mrs. Hartridge's class?
(a) Mrs. Hartridge.
(b) Tom's house.
(c) The twins.
(d) An old man in an alleyway.

4. What does Willie learn from talking to Zach's spirit?
(a) That he cannot live without Zach.
(b) That Zach is gone forever.
(c) That God is good.
(d) That Willie is now a whole person.

5. Why does Willie get upset when Tom visits him in the hospital?
(a) Tom is not allowed to stay.
(b) Tom does not plan on taking him home.
(c) Sammy is not with Tom.
(d) Willie tells Tom he does not like the psychiatrist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are three children missing from Mrs. Hartridge's class on Monday in Chapter 14, "New Beginnings"?

2. What surprise is awaiting Willie when he returns to his house in London?

3. How is Geoffrey physically hurt?

4. Who goes with Tom to London?

5. As March comes, what do the children get together to plan?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Chapter 13, "Carol Singing" a milestone in Tom's life?

2. How does the war change the lives of those in Weirwold forever in Chapter 21, "Back to School"?

3. How do the psychiatrist and Tom differ in their assessment of Willie's recovery needs?

4. Now that Willie has arrived back in London, both he and his mother can see how much he has changed. What changes are there in Willie and how do these changes affect his relationship with his mother?

5. What does Tom reveal for the first time in "The Show Must Go On"? Why does he reveal it and to whom?

6. How has Zach helped Willie discover himself?

7. Whose points of view are seen throughout Chapter 16, "The Search"? Explain what is seen by each.

8. How does the choir respond to Mr. Tom on his first night of organ playing for the carol service?

9. In Chapter 14, "New Beginnings," there are a few actual new beginnings. What are they, and what changes will they bring to the lives of the characters?

10. How is Willie similar and different from the boy that Tom met at the beginning of the novel?

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