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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 does the boys' guide do when they reach the docks?
(a) Leaves to return to the camps.
(b) Goes into town.
(c) Boards a ship.
(d) Stays with them.

2. Why did Will, Henry, and Beanpole travel together?
(a) As a vacation before college.
(b) They ran away from their parents.
(c) To see the sights.
(d) To find the people with whom they are living.

3. From what place does Will tell a man he has come?
(a) Bankon.
(b) Tirol.
(c) Unta.
(d) Novington.

4. What does Beanpole convince Moritz to do when Ulf hasn't returned by evening?
(a) To let him go look for Moritz.
(b) To call the police.
(c) To let Will go look for Moritz.
(d) To leave the town.

5. How does Will get out of his predicament?
(a) The men didn't press charges.
(b) He got some dry clothes.
(c) Beanpole rescues him.
(d) He was released.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days early do the boys arrive at the docks?

2. Why is Fritz chosen to go to the games?

3. What did Ulf refuse to do when he returned from the village?

4. What time did Ulf say they were leaving the village?

5. How long have the boys been without food?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Will when he is arrested?

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

3. What does Beanpole tell Will about what Ulf said about Will not being at the barge?

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

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

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

7. Where do the boys end up when they get to shore? What is different about the man there and how does he feel about the boys being there?

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

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

10. Who elects to stay below deck first and where do they stay?

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