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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. On one visit to Willie, Zach brings up one subject a few times that disturbs Willie. What is it?
(a) Willie's mother.
(b) Death.
(c) Sex.
(d) Babies.

2. What is Willie able to do in the water almost immediately.
(a) Backstroke.
(b) Float.
(c) Breaststroke.
(d) Dive.

3. How does Tom get Willie out of the hospital?
(a) In an ambulance.
(b) The psychiatrist allows Tom to take him.
(c) He kidnaps him.
(d) The warden helps Tom get him out.

4. Where is Tom taken to his first night in London?
(a) Mrs. Beech's house.
(b) Jail.
(c) A shelter.
(d) An alleyway.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Willie wish he had never gone to Weirwold?

2. What part does Willie decide to take in the play?

3. Who goes with Tom to London?

4. What is Willie doing when George comes to fetch him to bring him to the first carol practice?

5. What is in Wilie's arms when they find him under the stair?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. By the end of Chapter 19, "The Sea! The Sea! The Sea!," Tom's character has changed from the man that he was before Willie came into his life. How has Tom changed and how is it specifically seen in this chapter?

4. 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.

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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