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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Hermit of the Island.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Will feel about what he did to the man on the island?
(a) Guilty.
(b) Confused.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Excited.

2. What is strange about the man who is on the island?
(a) He has an extremely long beard.
(b) He is very old.
(c) He has golden eyes.
(d) He is un-capped man.

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

4. What shocks Will the first day he is on deck?
(a) Seeing a red moon.
(b) Seeing Henry on shore.
(c) Seeing a Tripod.
(d) Seeing a space ship.

5. What does Beanpole tell the man on the island is the reason Will keeps asking about fighting the Tripods?
(a) Will is addled because he was hit in the head.
(b) Will is just making small talk.
(c) Will wants to start a resistance group.
(d) Will is confused because his arm hurts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Will find at the dock when he returns there?

2. How does the man on the island feel about the Tripods?

3. Why do the men get agitated when Will tells them the place he is supposedly from?

4. How many cats were sitting by the fire where Will was sleeping on the island?

5. What is the name of the captain of the barge?

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