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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. From what book does Tom read to Willie after his bath in Chapter 6?
(a) King Arthur.
(b) The Bible.
(c) Just So Stories.
(d) White Fang.

2. What news does Zach bring to the kids about school?
(a) Mrs. Hartrigde is pregnant.
(b) The school will close because of the war.
(c) There will be a big carol chorus for Christmas.
(d) There will be a Christmas play.

3. Why does Tom frown at Mrs. Fletcher in church?
(a) She attempts to sit next to him.
(b) She almost ruins Willie's birthday surprise.
(c) She taliks to Willie during the service.
(d) She sings too loudly.

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

5. What does Mrs. Beech mean when she writes that she had "sewn him in for the winter"?
(a) Willie's undergarments would not come off.
(b) She had Willie sow a promise to be good.
(c) She had stitched Willie's injuries.
(d) She had insured he would stay inside all winter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom need from Roe in Chapter 2?

2. What does Tom add to the shelter?

3. What is different about Zach that Tom and George both note?

4. What does Tom take Willie into the fields to see in Chapter 7?

5. At the meeting, what does Tom volunteer to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What changes come over Tom as he takes Willie into town and spends the day with him?

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

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

4. Who is Chamberlain? What does he announce? And what will the effects of this announcement be on Tom and Willie?

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

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

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

8. Tom mutters to himself, "best not get fond of the boy, Thomas." Why do you believe that he says this, and what does he mean by it?

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

10. What is the significance of the graveyard?

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