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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 has Tom volunteered to do at the end of "The Show Must Go On"?
(a) Direct the Christmas show.
(b) Deliver the mail.
(c) Cook a big Christmas dinner for the evacuees.
(d) Take over the choir and play the organ.

2. What do Geoffrey and Miss Thorne decide on for their first lesson?
(a) A nature project.
(b) A science project.
(c) A poetry project.
(d) An art pfoject.

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

4. Why does Mrs. Beech beat Willie?
(a) Because he stole.
(b) Because he has a Jewish friend.
(c) Because he talked back to her.
(d) Because he had presents for her.

5. Why does Willie wish he had never gone to Weirwold?
(a) Because the people there only pretended to care.
(b) Because he missed his mother.
(c) So he would always think his mom was kind and loving.
(d) So he would not be such a sinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Zach feel about Spooky Cott?

2. How do Tom, Willie, and Zach find a place to stay in Salmouth?

3. What does Zach give to Willie when Zach packs to leave for London?

4. Which is NOT one of the reasons that Zach is worried about his parents?

5. Who goes with Tom to London?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. How is Chapter 16, "The Search" suspenseful?

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

6. 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.

7. What is the relationship between Zach and his parents? Why would the reader question this relationship?

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

9. Once again, there is great suspense. Describe the suspense in Chapter 17, "The Rescue."

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

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