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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 22, "Grieving".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news is Carrie waiting impatiently at the gate to give Zach after his return from the sea?
(a) George will not be attending high school.
(b) She has failed the high school entrance exam.
(c) She has passed the high school entrance exam.
(d) Mrs. Hartridge has decided to teach high school.

2. What is Tom's first reaction to the singing of the choir?
(a) He is gruff because they have bad harmony.
(b) He is happy that they sound so good together.
(c) He is happy that they are so loud.
(d) He is gruff because they are too solemn.

3. What does Emilia Thorne often come to the house to do while Tom is at fire duty?
(a) Keep Willie company.
(b) Clean.
(c) Teach Willie rhymes and poems.
(d) Deliver books.

4. What is Willie afraid Tom will write on the postcard to his mother?
(a) That she should come for his birthday.
(b) That she should come get him at once.
(c) That he has been a bad boy.
(d) That he can't read and write.

5. How do Tom, Zach, and Willie travel to the fishing village?
(a) By train.
(b) By cart.
(c) By bicycle.
(d) By boat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Geoffrey and Miss Thorne decide on for their first lesson?

2. What is Tom's motto that he expresses once again with Willie when Tom talks about Willie's weak legs?

3. What does Tom tell Mrs. Fletcher he has seen Willie do for the first time?

4. How does Tom get Willie out of the hospital?

5. What present does Emilia Thorne give Willie that he has never had known before?

(see the answer key)

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