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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long has the man lived on the island?
(a) Seventeen years.
(b) The past twenty years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) All his life.

3. Why do Beanpole and Will start to walk downriver?
(a) To go to the Tripod City.
(b) To try and find a boat.
(c) To be out of the village before they discover Will gone.
(d) To go back home.

4. What does Will do about the men who are upset?
(a) Tells them he's not really from that town.
(b) Let's them dump water on him.
(c) Runs away.
(d) Gets into a fight.

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

6. How did Will kill the answer to question #10?
(a) With an arrow.
(b) With an ancient metal ball.
(c) With electricity.
(d) With a knife.

7. What is the name of the man on the island?
(a) Hans.
(b) Danny.
(c) Bob.
(d) Leinex.

8. Who does Will want to go to the games with him?
(a) His dog.
(b) His father.
(c) His cousin, Fritz.
(d) His two best friends.

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

10. What does the man on the island want the boys to do?
(a) Work on his roof.
(b) Plow his field.
(c) Build him a front porch.
(d) Cut some wood.

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

12. What does Will find at the dock when he returns there?
(a) Moritz is in trouble with Ulf.
(b) Ulf is in a rage.
(c) The barge is gone.
(d) Beanpole beat him back.

13. Why does Beanpole suggest they make a raft?
(a) To help find a barge.
(b) So they don't have to walk.
(c) To catch some fish.
(d) To speed up their journey.

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

15. What happened at the first house on whose door Beanpole knocked for food?
(a) Someone yelled at him to go away.
(b) No one was home.
(c) The porch step broke.
(d) They dumped eggs on him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the man on the island say he will pay the boys for work?

2. What do caps do to humans?

3. Why does Will begin to tire as the boys are swimming towards land?

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

5. Why are Will, Henry, and Beanpole with the uncapped people?

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