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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, "Equipped".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the country folk cover their windows at night?
(a) To keep invaders from their homes.
(b) To keep the bombers from seeing targets.
(c) To keep out the light of the missle blasts.
(d) To keep out the early morning sun.

2. Why is the librarian astonished that Tom wants a card for Willie?
(a) Tom hates the library.
(b) She knows Willie can't read.
(c) She sees Tom as being uninvolved.
(d) There is a rule against cards for placed children.

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

4. What does Willie ask Tom to help him with while he is in the library?
(a) Getting a book off of the shelf.
(b) Learning his alphabet.
(c) Painting.
(d) Finding a book.

5. 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 is afraid to go.
(c) Willie does not want to go.
(d) Willie can't keep up.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom cook for WiIlie on that first day?

2. Why doesn't Willie pick the color red for his suspenders?

3. What Bible story does Tom tell Willie?

4. What does Mrs. Beech mean when she writes that she had "sewn him in for the winter"?

5. At the beginning of the novel, what is standing at the large iron gate of Tom's home?

(see the answer key)

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