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

2. Why does Willie go to the church to draw?
(a) So God will guide him in his drawings.
(b) The church is empty.
(c) It is raining outside.
(d) The church is special to him.

3. What Bible story doesTom tell Willie after his bath in Chapter 6?
(a) The creation.
(b) Abraham and the commandments.
(c) Joseph and his coat.
(d) Noah's Ark.

4. At the meeting, what does Tom volunteer to do?
(a) Help at the school.
(b) Run a canteen.
(c) First-aid post.
(d) Fire-watching duties.

5. Why doesn't Willie want to go into the toy shop?
(a) Willie is afraid he will break one.
(b) He does not want Tom to buy him one.
(c) He does not want to be alone.
(d) Willie can't buy one.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the vicar ask Willie to do at church?

2. What happens to Tom, Willie, and Sammie on the way home from their walk in Chapter 2?

3. What does Zach tell Willie that his parents do for a living?

4. Why has Willie chosen to rise a bit earlier every day at the beginning of the "Birthday" chapter?

5. What is Tom carrying that surprises the librarian?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Throughout Chapter 5, how does Tom show his care for Willie?

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

4. How does Willie feel about Zach and what indicators are there about the way their friendship will or will not develop?

5. How does Willie begin to fit in with the children and what affect does this have on him?

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

7. What is the overall feeling of the townspeople about the war? What actions do they perform that reveal their feelings?

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

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

10. What might be foreshadowed by Tom dusting off the paints at the end of Chapter 2?

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