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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Prisoner in the Pit.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Begin their journey to the games?
(a) On a train.
(b) On an airplane.
(c) On horses.
(d) They will walk.

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

3. Where do the boys stay when they are below deck?
(a) In berths.
(b) In donkey stalls.
(c) In a cabin.
(d) In crew quarters.

4. Where are Will, Henry, and Beanpole at the start of the book?
(a) White Mountain.
(b) New York.
(c) On an island.
(d) The City of Gold.

5. Why do the men get agitated when Will tells them the place he is supposedly from?
(a) It's the name of the Tripod City.
(b) The athlete from there beat theirs last year.
(c) The men thought he was lying.
(d) Some people from that city stole some horses from them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What place in town does Will find fascinating?

2. What is different about the two men who will get the competitors to the games?

3. What does Will find at the dock when he returns there?

4. What shocks Will the first day he is on deck?

5. When does Moritz become worried about Ulf?

(see the answer key)

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