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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 part does Willie decide to take in the play?
2. On one visit to Willie, Zach brings up one subject a few times that disturbs Willie. What is it?
3. How does Willie feel after spending the early evening with his mother?
4. What happens to Trudy?
5. What name does Zach give the town where he, Tom, and Willie are vacationing?
Short Essay Questions
1. Once again, there is great suspense. Describe the suspense in Chapter 17, "The Rescue."
2. Once again in this novel, two people with tragedy in their lives will come together and help each other heal. In Chapter 20, "Spooky Cott" who does Willie meet and how will their meeting help each of them?
3. How is Willie similar and different from the boy that Tom met at the beginning of the novel?
4. In Chapter 15, "Home," what more does the reader learn about Mrs. Beech that has not been revealed before this chapter?
5. 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?
6. Whose points of view are seen throughout Chapter 16, "The Search"? Explain what is seen by each.
7. Chapter 18, is called "Recovery." Specifically, how does Willie begin to recover, and who helps him do so in this chapter?
8. 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?
9. How does the choir respond to Mr. Tom on his first night of organ playing for the carol service?
10. What does everyone at the rehearsal discover about Willie? How does this discovery affect him? How is this discovery not surprising?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is Tom Willie's psychiatrist and doctor? How does Tom approach the healing of Willie?
Essay Topic 2
How does WWII personally affect Tom, Willie, Zach and Mrs. Hartridige? How are they changed by it?
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast Zach's and Willie's characters.
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