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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 is different about Zach that Tom and George both note?

3. What does Tom take Willie into the fields to see in Chapter 7?

4. What happens at the end of Chapter 2 that makes Willie smile?

5. What is the Little's building?

Short Essay Questions

1. Christmas is on its way. What events does Christmas bring and how will the children participate?

2. How does Willie become humiliated at school on the first day? What do the children do to make him feel better?

3. What becomes evident about Willie's education as Chapter 2 progresses?

4. How does Willie begin to fit in with the children and what affect does this have on him?

5. What does Tom volunteer for at the meeting and how does this show growth in his character?

6. 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?

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 does Willie believe that he is a bad boy and what are the consequences of his being one?

9. Throughout Chapter 5, how does Tom show his care for Willie?

10. What are the signs that both Tom and Willie are healing?

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

Explain the growth of the character of Tom from the beginning of the novel to the end.

Essay Topic 3

How does the behavior of Mrs. Beech affect all of the main characters of the novel?

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