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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. What is different about the two men who will get the competitors to the games?
(a) They are Tripod slaves.
(b) They are uncapped.
(c) They are very old.
(d) They are from another world.

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

3. What does being hungry make the boys do?
(a) Eat raw fish.
(b) Start to drink river water.
(c) Chew on the wood in the raft.
(d) They begin to argue.

4. What time did Ulf say they were leaving the village?
(a) By noon the next day.
(b) The moment he returned.
(c) At dawn.
(d) At midnight.

5. What is the first mate's name?
(a) Billy.
(b) Kenny.
(c) Moritz.
(d) Ulf.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was wrong with most of the nails the boys tried to use for the raft?

2. What did the boys find to eat at the river side as they were launching their raft?

3. How many boys are allowed on the deck at one time?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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