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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the captain that Will was supposed to find in the port city?
(a) Captain Crandall.
(b) Captain Curtis.
(c) Captain Creistus.
(d) Captain Calley.

2. How does Will feel after the celebration at the beginning of the book?
(a) Scared.
(b) Confused.
(c) Content.
(d) Sad.

3. How are Will and Henry able to get through the port city unnoticed?
(a) They travel at night.
(b) They swim in the water.
(c) It is highly populated.
(d) They are dressed as sailors.

4. What is the name of the ship Will needs to find in the port city?
(a) Taurus.
(b) Orion.
(c) North Star.
(d) Cassiopea.

5. What subject is Beanpole interesting in learning about?
(a) Technology.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Science.
(d) History.

6. What strange object is the boy wearing who comes to talk to Will in the prison?
(a) Spectacles.
(b) Leg braces.
(c) Hearing aid.
(d) Body armor.

7. What kind of place are Will and Henry left in when they reach the end of their sea journey?
(a) A normal town.
(b) A large metropolis.
(c) A ruined city.
(d) A small village.

8. Where do the tripods not go?
(a) The valleys.
(b) The cold region.
(c) The mountains.
(d) The ocean.

9. What does Will think about in his hide-out after Jack has been capped?
(a) Girls.
(b) The Black Ages.
(c) His loneliness.
(d) A way to remove the cap.

10. What does Beanpole say caps make humans into?
(a) Automatons.
(b) Servants.
(c) Little more than animals.
(d) Druids.

11. What does Will cook and eat in his hide-out at the beginning of the book?
(a) Frog legs.
(b) Lamb.
(c) Squirrel.
(d) Rabbit.

12. What runs the vehicles that use the old train tracks?
(a) Steam.
(b) Electricity.
(c) Horses.
(d) Gasoline.

13. What does the person who followed Will out of his house want to do?
(a) Go with him.
(b) Turn him in to the officials.
(c) Keep him from leaving.
(d) Attack him.

14. What did Will's best friend see in a ruined city?
(a) A rusted ship.
(b) A giant building.
(c) A junkyard.
(d) An electrical plant.

15. What is the name of the village Will lives in?
(a) Wharton.
(b) Wherton.
(c) Whaley.
(d) Wherely.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to live with Will in Chapter 3?

2. Which of the following is NOT something Ozymandias gives Will to help him on his quest?

3. What time of day does Will sneak away from his house?

4. What does Beanpole call the grenades they find in the tunnel?

5. How do children feel about vagrants?

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