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

2. How long did Will, Henry, and Beanpole travel together?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) A year.
(c) Six months.
(d) Three months.

3. What was wrong with most of the nails the boys tried to use for the raft?
(a) Nothing.
(b) They were too thin.
(c) They were twisted and rusted.
(d) They were too short.

4. Why is Fritz chosen to go to the games?
(a) He can shoot a bow better than anyone.
(b) He has been with the group the longest.
(c) He likes to be alone.
(d) For his strength and ability to succeed.

5. How does the man on the island say he will pay the boys for work?
(a) By taking them in his boat to the games.
(b) With gold.
(c) He just wants it done as a favor.
(d) With the food and clothes he gave them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the boys' raft?

2. What do the captain and the first mate wear on their heads?

3. What does Ulf do when the barge stops at a small village?

4. How long has the man lived on the island?

5. What is the name of the barge that will take the boys to the games?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Henry feel about missing out on the games?

3. What do the boys do when they wake up and what does Hans show them?

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

5. What does Will see on his first day on deck and how does he feel about it?

6. How did Will and his friends learn about White Mountain?

7. What does Will not want to do for the games and how did he get to White Mountain?

8. Why are the three friends chosen to compete?

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

10. 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?

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