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

2. With what are the three boys fitted?
(a) A fake cap.
(b) Good running shoes.
(c) Athletic wear.
(d) A suit of clothes.

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

4. When does Moritz become worried about Ulf?
(a) When he doesn't return in a few hours.
(b) When a messenger arrives at the barge.
(c) When he hears gunfire.
(d) When the police siren goes off.

5. What does Beanpole tell Will as they walk downriver?
(a) What happened with Ulf.
(b) How to fish with no pole.
(c) Why Moritz was angry.
(d) Where the river goes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't the man on the island do his own work?

2. Where does Will go to look for Moritz?

3. What does Beanpole convince Moritz to do when Ulf hasn't returned by evening?

4. How does Beanpole save Will's life?

5. How does Will get out of his predicament?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are Will, Henry, and Beanpole working so hard and at what are they working?

2. What do the boys figure out by lunch time?

3. Where does Will go to look for Ulf and what does he buy there?

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

5. What does the person the boys see do and what do they ask him?

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

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

8. Why does Moritz become concerned when they stop at a small village?

9. What does Beanpole think might have happened because the barge was gone?

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

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