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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. How does Will feel about Fritz's response to him?
(a) Happy.
(b) Hurt.
(c) Annoyed.
(d) Excited.

2. What does the man on the island want the boys to do?
(a) Plow his field.
(b) Cut some wood.
(c) Work on his roof.
(d) Build him a front porch.

3. How long do the boys think the work will take?
(a) They should be done by evening.
(b) Several days.
(c) A week.
(d) They don't know.

4. What was growing in the field on the island?
(a) Corn.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Wheat.
(d) Tomatoes.

5. From what village did Will come?
(a) Barberville.
(b) Aston.
(c) Wherton.
(d) Thurston.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Will, Henry, and Beanpole at the start of the book?

2. Why can't the man on the island do his own work?

3. How much dry space is there on the raft?

4. How long have the boys been without food?

5. With what are the three boys fitted?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the boys want to win in their sporting event?

2. What does the person the boys see do and what do they ask him?

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

4. About what do the boys argue and what do they decide while on the river?

5. What does Beanpole convince Moritz to do?

6. Where do the boys end up when they get to shore? What is different about the man there and how does he feel about the boys being there?

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

8. What does Julius say about the plan for the boys?

9. How do the boys implement Beanpole's idea?

10. How did Will and his friends learn about White Mountain?

(see the answer keys)

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