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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the boys do when they encounter a police roadblock?
(a) Ask for permission to pass
(b) Stop to talk
(c) Turn back to town
(d) Go around it

2. What is in the briefcase Uncle Ian left behind?
(a) Statues of Tripods
(b) Flyers about the Tripods
(c) Caps
(d) Takes of the Trippy Shows

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

4. What company planned to sponsor a television adaptation of the Tripods?
(a) American Broadcasting Corporation
(b) Japanese Broadcasting Corporation
(c) British Broadcasting Corporation
(d) Public Broadcasting Corporation

5. What does the author say is a fundamental weakness of science fiction books?
(a) The fact that all the good stories have already been told
(b) The tendency to overestimate invaders
(c) The lack of imagination of most writers
(d) The inability to guess the future

6. What does Angela do while Dr. Monmouth is talking to Laurie and the others?
(a) Sneaks out of the house
(b) Plays with her dolls
(c) Goes for a walk
(d) Watches the Trippy show

7. What does Andy say could have been the source of the noise they heard?
(a) A train
(b) Dynamite from a nearby mine
(c) A truck
(d) An artillery range

8. Who is Angela?
(a) Laurie's mother
(b) Laurie's grandmother
(c) Laurie's stepmother
(d) Laurie's sister

9. Who is Martha?
(a) Laurie's mother
(b) Laurie's grandmother
(c) Laurie's sister
(d) Laurie's stepmother

10. How many parts of the series were originally planned?
(a) Six
(b) Three
(c) Two
(d) Thirteen

11. What chapter is Laurie studying in physics?
(a) Fourteen
(b) One
(c) Nine
(d) Eight

12. What does Laurie say is a big drawback to sharing a room with Andy?
(a) He sleeps late
(b) He snores
(c) He likes the room cold
(d) He rises early

13. What time does the first plane arrive on the scene?
(a) Just before noon
(b) There are no planes
(c) Within minutes of the attack
(d) Soon after eight o'clock.

14. What is the noise Laurie and Andy hear early the next morning?
(a) Explosions
(b) A thumping
(c) A radio
(d) Silence

15. How many rockets are fired from the approaching fighter-bombers?
(a) Two
(b) Too many to count
(c) Four
(d) Six

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the government reaction when it's discovered that the Trippy Show is being broadcast from outer space?

2. What is the warning given by the Head Man at school?

3. When does Pa say they'll leave the country?

4. How many landings of the Tripods were there in the initial contact?

5. What material is Laurie's grandmother's house made of?

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