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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. How do Tom, Zach, and Willie travel to the fishing village?

2. What has become of Mrs. Beech?

3. What does Willie decide about the play?

4. What happens to Trudy?

5. What does Carrie wear to school that she has never worn before?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

5. How has Zach helped Willie discover himself?

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

7. 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.

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

9. What is the relationship between Zach and his parents? Why would the reader question this relationship?

10. In Chapter 15, "Home," what more does the reader learn about Mrs. Beech that has not been revealed before this chapter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the relationship of Willie and Sammie from the time that they meet until the end of the story. How is Sammie therapy for Willie?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the parenting of Tom versus Mrs. Beech.

Essay Topic 3

Why is Geoffrey brought into the novel? How does he help in the healing of Willie?

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