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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 happens to Will after his action in question #173?
(a) He gets thrown across the room.
(b) He is tossed in the pool.
(c) He is kicked.
(d) Nothing.

2. What does Will's master do with Will as he recovers from his illness?
(a) Eats more food than usual.
(b) Beats Will often.
(c) Talks to Will nearly every day.
(d) Acts slightly senile.

3. How do the winners celebrate their victories?
(a) By having their families given money.
(b) A big dance.
(c) A winners' feast.
(d) An awards ceremony.

4. What is the place where slaves go who are too sick to work?
(a) Place of Peaceful Repose.
(b) Place of Ending.
(c) The Next Life Place.
(d) Place of Happy Release.

5. Where does the river seem to go at the Tripod city?
(a) It stops at the city walls.
(b) It flows in a circle around the city.
(c) Directly into the city at its base.
(d) It flows through the east part of the city.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Will's master go into a rage?

2. What does the master do when he first brings Will into his home?

3. What do Will and Beanpole have to do before they can move into the competitors' sleeping quarters?

4. What covers the city of the Tripods?

5. What is the air like outside the building when the athletes leave the induction center?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Will's master relax and what kind of information seems to fascinate him?

2. How does Will learn more about the city and what does he see?

3. What is the place like where the female slaves go?

4. How does the first part of the competition go for the boys?

5. How does Will get out of the city and who is waiting for him? What does that person do?

6. How are the athletes given to masters and how does Will's situation go in that event?

7. How does Will manage to see Fritz again?

8. What does Will find out about slaves at the end of their lives?

9. What does Will's master decide is their relationship and what does he ask Will? What is Will's response?

10. What do Will and Fritz do when they see each other for the first time since entering the city?

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