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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 did Ulf refuse to do when he returned from the village?
(a) Look for Beanpole.
(b) Leave without Will.
(c) Look for Will.
(d) Tell anyone what he had been doing.

2. Where does the man on the island go when he leaves the island?
(a) To the Tripod City.
(b) To visit his mother.
(c) To visit his dad.
(d) A nearby village.

3. How does Fritz respond to Will's friendly overtures?
(a) With scorn.
(b) With friendliness.
(c) With silence.
(d) He doesn't, he's shy.

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

5. How does the man on the island feel about the Tripods?
(a) He has no hostility towards them.
(b) He is working with them.
(c) He thinks they are good for the earth.
(d) He hates them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are Will, Henry, and Beanpole with the uncapped people?

2. Why can't the man on the island do his own work?

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

4. How does Will feel about what he did to the man on the island?

5. What happens to people who enter the Tripod City?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Will see on his first day on deck and how does he feel about it?

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

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

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

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

6. How did Will and his friends learn about White Mountain?

7. How do the boys implement Beanpole's idea?

8. What does Beanpole think might have happened because the barge was gone?

9. How does Will treat Fritz and how does Fritz respond? How does Will feel about Fritz's response?

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

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