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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. How do Tom, Willie, and Zach find a place to stay in Salmouth?
(a) Tom goes knocking on doors.
(b) They sleep under the night sky.
(c) Tom has called ahead to a lodge.
(d) They find an inn with a vacancy.

2. What has become of Mrs. Beech?
(a) She has been sent to jail.
(b) She has committed suicide.
(c) She has been sent to a hosptial.
(d) She has been sent to an insane asylum.

3. What does Tom do after carol practice when only he and Willie are in the church?
(a) He plays a song that Rachel loved.
(b) He sings a song that Rachel loved.
(c) He admits that the choir is bad.
(d) He admits that he was nervous to play for the choir.

4. Why can't Robert play the role of Scrooge?
(a) He has become ill.
(b) He is sent back to London.
(c) He can't memorize the lines.
(d) His mother does not want him to.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Willie decide about the play?

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

5. After finishing the scenery for the Christmas show, what job does Willie next take on?

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. How has Zach helped Willie discover himself?

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

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

5. 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.

6. At first, how does Zach's death affect Wiliie?

7. 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?

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

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

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

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