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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Laurie sleeping on?
(a) A pile of straw
(b) The ground
(c) A sleeping bag
(d) A small mattress

2. What does Uncle Ian say they have been given in order to become part of the brotherhood?
(a) Wealth
(b) Caps
(c) The Trippy Show
(d) Small Tripods

3. When does Pa say they'll leave the country?
(a) As soon as the weather clears
(b) The following week
(c) Within the hour
(d) The following morning

4. What does Andy think might be the source of the sound they hear just after daylight the next morning?
(a) The farmer's pickup
(b) The Tripods
(c) Farm machinery
(d) Trains

5. What does Laurie see clinging to the legs of the Tripod?
(a) People
(b) Vines
(c) Small Tripods
(d) Sensors

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the panelist who is critical of the idea that the Tripods don't have infrared capabilities?

2. How tall does Laurie say the Tripod is?

3. Which of the following was NOT the site of a landing during the initial contact?

4. How was the Tripod that landed in the United States destroyed?

5. What is being displayed by the tank that approaches the Tripod?

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