Good Night Mister Tom
Scoil Phádraig NS Craanford Class Novel Questions Goodnight Mister Tom Chapter One-Meeting 9-21
1) Why did Tom give Willie a pencil?
2) Where did Willie go for a walk?
3) How is Willie Beech described in this first chapter?
4) What did Tom spot on the boy’s leg?
5) Which person did Willie meet on his walk?
6) Why do you think that Willie fainted?
7) Where were Tom’s wife and son?
8) Why were the children being evacuated?
9) Why did Willie pick up a branch?
10 What kind of “home life” do you think that Willie Beech had in London?
Chapter Two-Weirwold 22-36
1) What did Tom ask Mrs. Fletcher to make?
2) What did Mr. Oakley point out to Willie in the hallway?
3) What was the purpose of the chamber pot?
4) What did Tom order for from Ivor?
5) How did Willie compare in size to Ivor’s daughter?
6) What was the purpose of the “blackouts”?
7) Which two pieces of Willie’s clothes were sewn together?
8) Where did Willie crawl to sleep?
9) What was the tone of the mother’s letter?
10) How, do you think, is Willie settling in?
Chapter Three-Saturday Morning 37-49
1) Where did Tom find Willie the next morning?
2) Where did they go that same morning?
3) What was the doctor’s diagnosis?
4) Why were the Littles digging?
5) What did Tom and Willie pass on the way home?
6) Why did a crowd gather at one particular house?
7) What did Mrs. Miller give to Willie?
8) Why did Mrs. Ruddles give out to them?
9) Why did the village people look anxious?
10) How would you describe Little Weirwold?
Chapter Four-Equipped 50-63
1) What did Mr. Oakley buy for Willie in the newsagents?
2) What comment did the draper make about the boy?
3) How did Mr. Oakley feel about the art shop?
4) What did the shop placards mention?
5) Where did Mr. Tom “join “the boy up?
6) Why did they run into the house?
7) Why didn’t Willie sleep “in “the bed?
8) What did they have for tea that evening?
9) Who
1) Why did Tom give Willie a pencil?
2) Where did Willie go for a walk?
3) How is Willie Beech described in this first chapter?
4) What did Tom spot on the boy’s leg?
5) Which person did Willie meet on his walk?
6) Why do you think that Willie fainted?
7) Where were Tom’s wife and son?
8) Why were the children being evacuated?
9) Why did Willie pick up a branch?
10 What kind of “home life” do you think that Willie Beech had in London?
Chapter Two-Weirwold 22-36
1) What did Tom ask Mrs. Fletcher to make?
2) What did Mr. Oakley point out to Willie in the hallway?
3) What was the purpose of the chamber pot?
4) What did Tom order for from Ivor?
5) How did Willie compare in size to Ivor’s daughter?
6) What was the purpose of the “blackouts”?
7) Which two pieces of Willie’s clothes were sewn together?
8) Where did Willie crawl to sleep?
9) What was the tone of the mother’s letter?
10) How, do you think, is Willie settling in?
Chapter Three-Saturday Morning 37-49
1) Where did Tom find Willie the next morning?
2) Where did they go that same morning?
3) What was the doctor’s diagnosis?
4) Why were the Littles digging?
5) What did Tom and Willie pass on the way home?
6) Why did a crowd gather at one particular house?
7) What did Mrs. Miller give to Willie?
8) Why did Mrs. Ruddles give out to them?
9) Why did the village people look anxious?
10) How would you describe Little Weirwold?
Chapter Four-Equipped 50-63
1) What did Mr. Oakley buy for Willie in the newsagents?
2) What comment did the draper make about the boy?
3) How did Mr. Oakley feel about the art shop?
4) What did the shop placards mention?
5) Where did Mr. Tom “join “the boy up?
6) Why did they run into the house?
7) Why didn’t Willie sleep “in “the bed?
8) What did they have for tea that evening?
9) Who