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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the mother's concern for her child's placement in Chapter 1?
2. What does Zach tell Willie that his parents do for a living?
3. What does Zach want to do that surprises Willie after they first meet?
4. Why doesn't Tom want to go into the paint store?
5. What does Tom take Willie into the fields to see in Chapter 7?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Zach's character add to the story?
2. How is Zach different from any other character the reader has met in the book? Who notes the difference? What possible affect will the difference have on the plot of the story?
3. How does Tom help Willie with the humiliation that he feels after his first day at school and what do the two of them discover about Willie?
4. How does Willie feel at the end of the day after going to town?
5. What might be foreshadowed by Tom dusting off the paints at the end of Chapter 2?
6. Christmas is on its way. What events does Christmas bring and how will the children participate?
7. What is "The Case" that is spoken of in the chapter title, and how does it reveal the differences between Zach and the other children?
8. Why are George's sisters upset with George on the day of the picnic, and what does this say about the way that they think?
9. What is the significance of the graveyard?
10. Tom mutters to himself, "best not get fond of the boy, Thomas." Why do you believe that he says this, and what does he mean by it?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does the theater play more than one role in the novel? What are its affects on the main characters?
Essay Topic 2
Though the reader is never told why Mrs. Beech commits suicide, one can infer as to why. Express your opinion as to why she did and support you answer with specific incidents from the novel.
Essay Topic 3
How is the death of Mrs. Beech both a blessing and a tragedy in regard to Tom and Willie?
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