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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Willie afraid Tom will write on the postcard to his mother?

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

3. What is ironic about Miss Thorne's thoughts concerning Willie's stay with Tom?

4. Whose shadow does Willie see at the end of Chapter 5?

5. What does Willie believe happens at the end of church service?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the meaning of the title of Chapter 4?

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

5. Why does Willie believe that he is a bad boy and what are the consequences of his being one?

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

7. What is the significance of the graveyard?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the parenting of Tom versus Mrs. Beech.

Essay Topic 2

Why do the children love Mrs. Hartridge and how does she affect Willie's life?

Essay Topic 3

How is Tom Willie's psychiatrist and doctor? How does Tom approach the healing of Willie?

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