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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. Who greets Willie outside of church after the service ends?

2. What do the young Fletcher boys come looking for at Tom's?

3. What change comes for Willie at the end of the "Friday" chapter when his friends come to visit?

4. What upsets Carrie about George?

5. What does Tom say about the comic book he wants Willie to choose?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Zach's character add to the story?

3. What is "The Case" that is spoken of in the chapter title, and how does it reveal the differences between Zach and the other children?

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

5. What does Tom do to the shelter and what is its relevance?

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

7. 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?

8. What becomes evident about Willie's education as Chapter 2 progresses?

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

10. How does Willie become humiliated at school on the first day? What do the children do to make him feel better?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what ways does Mrs. Beech not recognize her own son when he returns to London? How does she react to the changes? What does she believe brought about the changes? What do the changes say about the way she used to treat her son?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the people of the city to the people of the countryside in this novel.

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