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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 do Beanpole and Henry do during the celebration at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) Steal a map.
(b) Locate Will.
(c) Make a plan to escape.
(d) Stock up on supplies.

2. How long does it take for other tripods to join the fallen one?
(a) A few minutes.
(b) A few hours.
(c) A week.
(d) A few days.

3. What caused Will's shirt to be torn?
(a) The long journey.
(b) He cut it himself when it got caught.
(c) A fight with Henry.
(d) The tripod ripped it.

4. Which of the boys are grabbed by the Tripod?
(a) None of them.
(b) Will.
(c) Beanpole.
(d) Henry.

5. What happens as Will rides out of the town?
(a) He is captured by the guards.
(b) The Comte asks him to join him.
(c) The tripod picks him up.
(d) The priests curse him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Will think he got what Beanpole finds on him in Chapter 9?

2. What does Will and his new friend do at the lake?

3. What does Will want to do when the thing is discovered on him?

4. What happens to Will while he is hiding?

5. What do the boys sneak away from in chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the people who offer to nurse Will back to health after he falls ill?

2. What do the boys see after they successfully hide from the search party?

3. What do the boys see at the very end of Chapter 8, and how do they feel?

4. What happens after the boys destroy the tripod?

5. What is Beanpole's plan if anyone iscaptured in France?

6. What does Will say when he meets up with Beanpole and Henry?

7. What happens to the Queen of the Tournament, and how does she feel about this?

8. How do Will and Henry react to Beanpole's ideas about what they find in Chapter 8?

9. How is the object removed from Will?

10. What do the boys think the two tripods are doing at the end of the book?

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