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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, The Games, and Chapter 6, The City of Gold and Lead.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Will, Henry, and Beanpole travel together?
(a) To see the sights.
(b) To find the people with whom they are living.
(c) They ran away from their parents.
(d) As a vacation before college.

2. What do Will and Beanpole have to do before they can move into the competitors' sleeping quarters?
(a) Sign up for the games.
(b) Become capped.
(c) Qualify in their event.
(d) Pay for three nights.

3. Where does the island man take the boys after breakfast?
(a) To a field.
(b) To the beach.
(c) To the forest.
(d) To the village.

4. With what do the boys use to build a raft?
(a) Some saplings they push over.
(b) Some plastic milk jugs.
(c) One wall of a building.
(d) A couple of wooden barrels.

5. How long does it take the boys to make a raft?
(a) Most of the morning.
(b) A couple of hours.
(c) Two days.
(d) All day.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Will, Henry, and Beanpole want to win at the games?

2. How does Fritz do in his first few matches?

3. What concerns Beanpole about his loss?

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

5. What happens to the boys' raft?

(see the answer key)

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