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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do caps do to humans?
(a) Makes them very smart.
(b) Controls their thoughts and behaviors.
(c) Punishes them.
(d) Shortens their lifespan as a population control.

2. How many days early do the boys arrive at the docks?
(a) Three days.
(b) Two days.
(c) Five days.
(d) One day.

3. What is Will reminded of when he sees the answer to question #36?
(a) His history class.
(b) His home.
(c) His mission.
(d) His temper.

4. How does Will feel about what he did to the man on the island?
(a) Excited.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Guilty.
(d) Confused.

5. What was wrong with most of the nails the boys tried to use for the raft?
(a) They were too thin.
(b) They were twisted and rusted.
(c) Nothing.
(d) They were too short.

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

7. What does Ulf do when the barge stops at a small village?
(a) Goes to town for dinner.
(b) Goes into town to see his parents.
(c) Goes into town on business.
(d) Goes to town to see his wife.

8. Who does Will want to go to the games with him?
(a) His two best friends.
(b) His cousin, Fritz.
(c) His dog.
(d) His father.

9. How much dry space is there on the raft?
(a) Three corners.
(b) Half of the raft.
(c) One corner.
(d) All of the raft.

10. Why are the boys having a difficult time beaching the raft?
(a) They have no means to steer it.
(b) They have no strength from not eating.
(c) The current is too strong.
(d) The banks are too far away.

11. When does the man wake the boys the next morning?
(a) He wakes them up at 8 A.M.
(b) They sleep until noon.
(c) Very early.
(d) He waits for them to wake.

12. What time did Ulf say they were leaving the village?
(a) At midnight.
(b) By noon the next day.
(c) At dawn.
(d) The moment he returned.

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

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

15. What do the boys decide to do?
(a) Kill the man on the island.
(b) Work faster.
(c) Tell the man they will come back after the games.
(d) Steal the man's boat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Will, Henry, and Beanpole travel together?

2. How long has the man lived on the island?

3. Why is the man on the island not capped?

4. What did Beanpole and Will use for a hammer when building their raft?

5. What is the name of the captain of the barge?

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