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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 Zach fixing during the whole of Chapter 18, "Recovery"?
2. What do the authorities decide to do with Willie when they leave Tom's house?
3. How does Zach die?
4. What do the Warden and Glad tell Tom about Mrs. Beech?
5. What does Willie discover about his mother in Chapter 18, "Recovery"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What kind of a project does Miss Thorne and Geoffrey put together for the first day of school, and how does this project show that these two will make a good team of teachers?
2. How does the war change the lives of those in Weirwold forever in Chapter 21, "Back to School"?
3. How do the psychiatrist and Tom differ in their assessment of Willie's recovery needs?
4. How does the choir respond to Mr. Tom on his first night of organ playing for the carol service?
5. Whose points of view are seen throughout Chapter 16, "The Search"? Explain what is seen by each.
6. In Chapter 14, "New Beginnings," there are a few actual new beginnings. What are they, and what changes will they bring to the lives of the characters?
7. Chapter 18, is called "Recovery." Specifically, how does Willie begin to recover, and who helps him do so in this chapter?
8. By the end of Chapter 19, "The Sea! The Sea! The Sea!," Tom's character has changed from the man that he was before Willie came into his life. How has Tom changed and how is it specifically seen in this chapter?
9. Once again, there is great suspense. Describe the suspense in Chapter 17, "The Rescue."
10. How is Willie similar and different from the boy that Tom met at the beginning of the novel?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who does the author take from Willie, and why does the author have them die?
Essay Topic 2
How is Mrs. Beech hypocritical and what does this say about the ideas that she taught her son? What did she teach her son specifically? When and how does the reader learn about what Mrs. Beech has taught Willie?
Essay Topic 3
Explain the relationship of Willie and Sammie from the time that they meet until the end of the story. How is Sammie therapy for Willie?
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