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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 happens when Willie reads the part in Robert's absence?
(a) He mesmerizes everyone with his ability.
(b) He is very silly in his acting.
(c) He sounds monotonous.
(d) He stumbles over the words.

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

3. In March, Tom gets a letter from Willie's mother. What does it say?
(a) She wants Willie to stay with Tom because the bombing is worse.
(b) She wants Willie to stay with Tom because she can't care for him.
(c) She wants Willie home because she is sick.
(d) She wants Willie home because the war is over.

4. Where does Willie's mother put him after she beats him?
(a) In his bedroom.
(b) Under the stairs in a closet.
(c) Tied to a chair.
(d) Locked in the kitchen.

5. When he comes to her house to visit, what does Mrs. Hartridge do for Willie to help him heal?
(a) She feeds him ginger cake and lemonade.
(b) She breastfeeds the baby.
(c) She speaks with him about her husband's death.
(d) She holds the baby at arms length from him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does Mrs. Hartridge share with Willie?

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

3. What happens to Trudy?

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

5. What has become of Mrs. Beech?

Short Essay Questions

1. Now that Willie has arrived back in London, both he and his mother can see how much he has changed. What changes are there in Willie and how do these changes affect his relationship with his mother?

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

3. 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?

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

5. How has Zach helped Willie discover himself?

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

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

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

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

10. What kind of a project does Miss Thorne and Geoffrey put together for the first day of school, and how does this project show that these two will make a good team of teachers?

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