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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 does Will cook and eat in his hide-out at the beginning of the book?
(a) Rabbit.
(b) Frog legs.
(c) Lamb.
(d) Squirrel.

2. What happens to Will shortly after they leave the ruined city?
(a) He sees a tripod.
(b) He gets scared.
(c) He falls ill.
(d) He asks to go back.

3. What is the name of the boy who talks to Will and Henry in their make-shift prison?
(a) Jean Paul.
(b) Jaques.
(c) Jonathon.
(d) James Peter.

4. What is the name of the celebration held nine days after the book begins?
(a) History Day.
(b) Capping Day.
(c) Harvest Day.
(d) Plenty Day.

5. Who comes to live with Will in Chapter 3?
(a) Jack.
(b) Ozymandias.
(c) Eloise.
(d) Henry.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long do vagrants usually stay in one place?

2. What does a strange man do as Will is leaving the store in the port city?

3. Where does Will arrange to speak with Ozymandias?

4. How long does it take for Will to heal enough to travel again?

5. What percentage of the population becomes vagrants after being capped?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Will after they leave the ruined city?

2. What does Will notice about Ozymandias that is different from other vagrants?

3. What are vagrants?

4. What does Will's father have that is so precious to him and why?

5. What does Will tell Henry as they are leaving the hut, and what is Henry's response?

6. What does Will do that finally gets Henry to leave him alone, and what prompts him to do this?

7. What does Will do when he finds a store full of watches?

8. What does Will wait for before beginning his escape?

9. What is Ozymandias's explanation about the vagrants?

10. What happens when Will and Henry land in France?

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