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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the boys' raft?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A Tripod breaks it up.
(c) It becomes slimy from being wet.
(d) It sinks.

2. Where do the two boys spend the night the first night after they leave the village?
(a) In an abandoned cabin.
(b) On the river bank.
(c) In someone's barn.
(d) Under some trees.

3. Where does the island man take the boys?
(a) To the village.
(b) To his boat.
(c) To his home.
(d) To a forest.

4. What happens to Beanpole when he tries to get some food?
(a) He hurts his hand.
(b) He is slapped in the face.
(c) He is arrested.
(d) He gets dirty water thrown on him.

5. Why was the vagrant Will spoke with wearing a fake cap?
(a) He was deep in the mountains on his fourteenth birthday.
(b) His mind couldn't handle a real one.
(c) He was too strong willed for a real one.
(d) His parents were part of the resistance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Will reminded of when he sees the answer to question #36?

2. How do Will and Henry feel about being chosen?

3. What does Beanpole decide might help the two boys get some food?

4. What do the captain and the first mate wear on their heads?

5. Why is Fritz chosen to go to the games?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who elects to stay below deck first and where do they stay?

2. How do Will and Beanpole get food as they walk and what idea does Beanpole have about getting food? How did that work out for them?

3. How does Henry feel about missing out on the games?

4. What do the boys figure out by lunch time?

5. Why are the three friends chosen to compete?

6. What does Beanpole think might have happened because the barge was gone?

7. What do the boys do when they wake up and what does Hans show them?

8. Since the boys arrive at the dock early what do they do?

9. What does Beanpole tell Will about what Ulf said about Will not being at the barge?

10. What was Will forced to do in his journey to White Mountain?

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