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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 hit Will on the head in the river?
(a) A rock.
(b) A log.
(c) An oar.
(d) A plank from the raft.

2. 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.

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

4. What do they decide to do about steering the raft?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Abandon the raft and swim for shore.
(c) Beach it by a highway.
(d) Push it into the faster current.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From what village did Will come?

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

3. Where does the island man take the boys?

4. What place in town does Will find fascinating?

5. What does being hungry make the boys do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Will and Beanpole do when they leave the village?

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

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

4. What happens to Will when he is arrested?

5. 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?

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

7. How do the boys end up in the river?

8. Why are the three friends chosen to compete?

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

10. About what do the boys argue and what do they decide while on the river?

(see the answer keys)

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