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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 Carrie wear to school that she has never worn before?
(a) A new skirt.
(b) A new blazer.
(c) A white blouse.
(d) A necktie.

2. How does Zach die?
(a) In a fire.
(b) His bus is blown up.
(c) A train crash on his way to London.
(d) Blitzes in London.

3. What piece of himself does Tom finally share with Willie?
(a) The loss of his wife and baby.
(b) His need for a son.
(c) His struggle to teach Willie to read.
(d) His grief in buying the paints for Willie.

4. How does Tom get into Mrs. Beech's house?
(a) A group breaks the door down.
(b) She lets him in.
(c) Willie lets him in.
(d) He breaks in.

5. What does the psychiatrist recommend for Willie?
(a) To go home with Tom.
(b) Hospitalization.
(c) To go to a children's home.
(d) To go back to his mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mrs. Beech first react when she sees Willie at the train station?

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

3. Where does Willie's mother put him after she beats him?

4. What has Tom volunteered to do at the end of "The Show Must Go On"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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