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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long have the boys been without food?
(a) Two days.
(b) One day.
(c) Twelve hours.
(d) Three days.

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

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

4. How many boys are allowed on the deck at one time?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) None.

5. Why is Beanpole worried about his practice?
(a) He loses to his competitor often.
(b) He thinks he can do better.
(c) He's not worried.
(d) He sprained his ankle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the boys decide to do?

2. What does the man on the island want the boys to do?

3. What is Will told to curb in his personality?

4. What is the name of the man on the island?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the man say when he answers the boys' question?

2. How do the boys implement Beanpole's idea?

3. What does Julius say about the plan for the boys?

4. What happens to Will when he is arrested?

5. How did the boys sleep that night and how do they wake up?

6. How do the boys get away from the man?

7. What does Beanpole convince Moritz to do?

8. How do Will and Beanpole get food as they walk and what idea does Beanpole have about getting food? How did that work out for them?

9. Why do the boys want to win in their sporting event?

10. What kind of swimmer is Will and how does Beanpole help him?

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