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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 Willie teach himself to do after Zach dies?
(a) Write poetry.
(b) Dance.
(c) Act in a play.
(d) Ride a bicycle.

2. What is Zach fixing during the whole of Chapter 18, "Recovery"?
(a) An easel for Willie.
(b) A bike for himself.
(c) A fence for Mrs. Little's garden.
(d) A carriage for Mrs. Hartridge.

3. What part does Willie decide to take in the play?
(a) Mr. Smee.
(b) Captain Hook.
(c) Peter Pan.
(d) A lost boy.

4. At the end of Chapter 17, "the Rescue," where do Tom and Willie sleep?
(a) In the back of Dobb's carriage.
(b) At Tom's house.
(c) At Doctor Little's house.
(d) At the blacksmith's house.

5. How does Mrs. Beech first react when she sees Willie at the train station?
(a) She barely recognizes him.
(b) She yells at him.
(c) She hugs him.
(d) She cries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What piece of himself does Tom finally share with Willie?

2. In the beginning of Chapter 18, "The Recovery," what does Tom recommend Willie do after his nightmare?

3. What is Tom's first reaction to the singing of the choir?

4. What happens to Trudy?

5. What is Spooky Cott?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Chapter 18, is called "Recovery." Specifically, how does Willie begin to recover, and who helps him do so in this chapter?

3. How does Willie stand up for himself in Chapter 20, "Spooky Cott," and how is this new for him?

4. Once again in this novel, two people with tragedy in their lives will come together and help each other heal. In Chapter 20, "Spooky Cott" who does Willie meet and how will their meeting help each of them?

5. What does everyone at the rehearsal discover about Willie? How does this discovery affect him? How is this discovery not surprising?

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

7. In Chapter 15, "Home," what more does the reader learn about Mrs. Beech that has not been revealed before this chapter?

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

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. What has Carrie asked of Mrs. Hartridge that is out of character for a girl of this period, and what might its effects be on the town of Weirwold.

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