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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Willie end up in Mrs. Black's class?
(a) Because of his age.
(b) Because he can't read.
(c) Because he is an evacuee.
(d) Because he is Catholic.

2. How does Tom defend Willie against the question posed by the Fletcher boy about Willie's shirt?
(a) He says it is no one's business.
(b) He says Willie is too thin to take off his shirt.
(c) He says Willie has bruises he needs to cover.
(d) He says Willie has a fever he needs to sweat out.

3. What is Zach's impression of Willie?
(a) WIllie is a loner.
(b) Willie is a talker.
(c) Willie is kind.
(d) Willie is afraid.

4. Why is Willie afraid to invite his friends to his room?
(a) The room is very small.
(b) The room is not fun.
(c) He thinks it will anger Tom.
(d) He still wets the bed.

5. Why does Willie want to cry when he reaches the gate to the field?
(a) He was terrible at running.
(b) Sam is licking his face.
(c) Tom is mad at him for going so fast.
(d) Willie's mother says running is sinful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does George invite Willie to do the day after they build the shelter?

2. What does Willie tell the children at the picnic that he likes to do?

3. What does Doctor Little diagnose Willie with?

4. Why do the country folk cover their windows at night?

5. On their walk to the field in the beginning of Chapter 7, what does Tom have Willie do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the signs that both Tom and Willie are healing?

2. What does the reader learn about Tom as he walks through town with Willie in Chapter 2?

3. How has the war begun to affect the villagers?

4. How does Tom feel about the war? What does he say and do that indicate those feelings?

5. Why has Willie come to stay with Tom and how does Tom feel about this?

6. What are Sundays like for Willie at home with his mother? How do those Sundays differ from the Sundays he has with Tom?

7. What does Tom volunteer for at the meeting and how does this show growth in his character?

8. What further happens in Chapter 3 that make the reader sympathize even more with Willie?

9. What do Willie and Rachel have in common, and how does it affect Tom in the "Birthday" chapter?

10. How does Tom help Willie with the humiliation that he feels after his first day at school and what do the two of them discover about Willie?

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