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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 title do the women at the tournament compete for?
(a) Princess of the land.
(b) Knightess of the tournament.
(c) Wife of the knight.
(d) Queen of the tournament.

2. What weapons do the boys use against the Tripod?
(a) Machine guns.
(b) Ropes.
(c) Axes.
(d) Grenades.

3. What does Will do that makes the daughter in the castle very angry with him?
(a) He mocks her cap.
(b) He says something negative about the tripods.
(c) He insults the French language.
(d) He pulls her turban away.

4. What does the river in Chapter 8 have in it at intervals?
(a) Tripods.
(b) Posts.
(c) Dams.
(d) Bridges.

5. Where is the thing that Beanpole finds on Will in Chapter 9?
(a) His knee.
(b) His head.
(c) His armpit.
(d) His ear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the boys realize at the end of Chapter 8?

2. What do the tripods do when they cannot find the boys?

3. Where do the boys eventually end up?

4. What is Will's real reason for remaining at the celebration?

5. Which direction does the river in Chapter 8 veer off to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after the boys destroy the tripod?

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

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

4. What do the boys come across as they travel in Chapter 8?

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

6. What happens to the relationship between the boys while Will is regaining strength after falling ill?

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

8. How does Will feel after he gets by the tripod, and where does he go?

9. Where did the object on Will come from, and what does it do?

10. What happens when the object is removed from Will?

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