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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, A Raft on the River.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Will and Henry feel about being chosen?
(a) Sometimes good sometimes unsure.
(b) Confident.
(c) Uncertain.
(d) They don't think about it.

2. What did the boys find to eat at the river side as they were launching their raft?
(a) A nest of bird eggs.
(b) A dead fish.
(c) Seaweed.
(d) Water lilies.

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

4. At what sports are Will, Henry, and Beanpole working everyday?
(a) Their chosen sport.
(b) Tennis.
(c) The sport assigned to them.
(d) Basketball.

5. What do they decide to do about steering the raft?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Abandon the raft and swim for shore.
(c) Beach it by a highway.
(d) Push it into the faster current.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Beanpole worried about his practice?

2. What does being hungry make the boys do?

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

4. How does Will feel about Fritz's response to him?

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

(see the answer key)

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