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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 are the boys having a difficult time beaching the raft?
(a) The current is too strong.
(b) They have no strength from not eating.
(c) They have no means to steer it.
(d) The banks are too far away.

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

3. What is the air like outside the building when the athletes leave the induction center?
(a) Cool and moist.
(b) Cold and icy.
(c) Cool and dry.
(d) Overwhelmingly hot and moist.

4. What covers the city of the Tripods?
(a) A gold dome.
(b) A glass dome.
(c) A gray fog.
(d) A red light.

5. Why is Fritz chosen to go to the games?
(a) He likes to be alone.
(b) For his strength and ability to succeed.
(c) He has been with the group the longest.
(d) He can shoot a bow better than anyone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the island man take the boys after breakfast?

2. Why is Beanpole frustrated with his matches?

3. What do Will and Beanpole have to do before they can move into the competitors' sleeping quarters?

4. What do they decide to do about steering the raft?

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

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