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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, "An Encounter over Blackberries".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What problem does Willie have when he, Tom, and Sammy go out to the fields in Chapter 2?
(a) Willie has no boots, so he can't go.
(b) Willie does not want to go.
(c) Willie can't keep up.
(d) Willie is afraid to go.

2. From what book does Tom read to Willie after his bath in Chapter 6?
(a) The Bible.
(b) Just So Stories.
(c) White Fang.
(d) King Arthur.

3. Why doesn't Willie talk to the girls as they pick blackberries?
(a) He doesn't like them.
(b) His mother said people would like him if he were invisible.
(c) He is afraid of them.
(d) He knows they don't want him to talk.

4. What is the boy doing at the postmasters when Willie first meets him in Chapter 3, "Saturday Morning"?
(a) He is writing to his mother.
(b) He is sitting in a chair.
(c) He is conversing with the postmaster.
(d) He was reading a newspaper.

5. Why doesn't Tom want to go into the paint store?
(a) He has no time.
(b) He hasn't been in there since Rachel died.
(c) Willie is afraid to go in.
(d) He doesn't need paint.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sammy doing to Willie when Willie wakes up?

2. What is different about Zach that Tom and George both note?

3. Why is Doctor Little surprised when he looks at Willie?

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

5. What does Tom want Mrs. Fletcher to do for him in Chapter 2?

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