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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tom want Mrs. Fletcher to do for him in Chapter 2?
(a) Buy boots for Willie.
(b) Take Willie from Tom.
(c) Knit Tom a jersey.
(d) Knit a jersey for Willie.

2. Who greets Willie outside of church after the service ends?
(a) Mrs. Hartridge, the teacher.
(b) The twins.
(c) Lucy, the daughter of Roe, the milk lady.
(d) The boy from the post office.

3. What does Willie believe happens at the end of church service?
(a) A good whipping is given.
(b) A big meal is served.
(c) Wailing of sins by everyone.
(d) Kneeling in prayer for a long time.

4. What does Tom have ready in the morning after Willie sleeps in the bed?
(a) A tub of hot water.
(b) A new comic book.
(c) A new mattress.
(d) Breakfast in bed.

5. What confusing saying did Zach leave Willie with on the night they first met?
(a) Roger, wilco, and out.
(b) In a while, crocodile.
(c) Just looking for spies.
(d) See ya later, alligator.

6. How does Willie feel about his bruises?
(a) He is unfazed by them.
(b) He has not deserved them.
(c) They are the marks of his sins.
(d) He doesn't care if people see them.

7. How does Willie feel about his first day of school?
(a) It is a bad day.
(b) He is angry at Mrs. Hartridge.
(c) He is excited to be in Mrs. Black's class.
(d) He is ready to learn.

8. What is Sammy doing to Willie when Willie wakes up?
(a) Barking at him.
(b) Sleeping next to him.
(c) Sniffing his feet.
(d) Nipping at his clothes.

9. What does Tom think of Zach?
(a) That he is intelligent.
(b) That he is too thin.
(c) That he is rude.
(d) That he needs a haircut.

10. What does the vicar ask Willie to do at church?
(a) Put hymnals on the benches.
(b) Sit quietly.
(c) Pick up the books.
(d) Clean the floor.

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

12. Why doesn't Willie pick the color red for his suspenders?
(a) Willie doesn't like red.
(b) His mother told him red was sinful.
(c) He isn't given the choice of red.
(d) Tom says he doesn't like red.

13. What kind of a character is Mrs. Fletcher?
(a) Kind and sweet.
(b) A gossip.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Mean and nasty.

14. How does Nancy Little's entrance into church surprise Willie?
(a) She is wearing red.
(b) She is wearing pants.
(c) She enters without her husband.
(d) She is with the boy from the post office.

15. What does WIllie discover is missing from Tom's house?
(a) The sounds of traffic.
(b) A Bible.
(c) A wood stove.
(d) Curtains.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emilia Thorne often come to the house to do while Tom is at fire duty?

2. What is the boy doing at the postmasters when Willie first meets him in Chapter 3, "Saturday Morning"?

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

4. Why doesn't Tom want to go into the paint store?

5. What does Tom's front door look out onto?

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