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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ilse's parents do?

2. Why does Laurie believe the attacks on the Tripods are not televised?

3. What happens to the dragon in the Trippy Show?

4. What does Andy say the Tripod looks like?

5. What does a student do with the issue of the Daily Mail that addressed Trippies?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the decision made for the family to take the boat out of the country?

2. Why does Ilse offer Laurie cookies and why does he refuse?

3. Briefly describe Andy and Laurie's sighting of the Tripod.

4. What is the argument Ian and Nathanael give to try to convince Laurie to accept a Cap?

5. What does Laurie say is the difference between his calling Ilse by her name and Andy calling Miranda by her name?

6. What are some of the ways the boys try to explain away the sounds and sight of the Tripod?

7. How does the author say the Tripods came to inhabit the Earth?

8. What does Caroline say happened to Ian and Nathanael?

9. Describe Laurie's relationship with his father.

10. What is Angela's reaction when she learns that Laurie hadn't taped the Trippy show?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The story explores the idea of an alien race using hypnosis to control humans. Is the idea scientifically sound? Support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

As Rudi is studying science, his mother says that science will soon be eliminated as a course of study. Why does she say this and what does this mean for the future of the human race?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Laurie and his relationship to his father, stepmother, half-sister and grandmother. How do each of these relationships influence Laurie's actions and attitudes?

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