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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 does Zach feel about Spooky Cott?

2. What does Willie decide about the play?

3. How does Zach die?

4. As March comes, what do the children get together to plan?

5. What is Willie doing when George comes to fetch him to bring him to the first carol practice?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. How is Chapter 13, "Carol Singing" a milestone in Tom's life?

3. What does Tom reveal for the first time in "The Show Must Go On"? Why does he reveal it and to whom?

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

5. 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?

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

How does the main setting of the novel affect the storyline?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

How does the theater play more than one role in the novel? What are its affects on the main characters?

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