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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 do the people call the past ages of humanity?

2. Where do the tripods not go?

3. How long does Will travel when he hears noises behind him?

4. What percentage of the population becomes vagrants after being capped?

5. How long does Will plan to wait before leaving after meeting with Ozymandias?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Henry comes to live with Will?

2. What does Will tell Henry as they are leaving the hut, and what is Henry's response?

3. What does Will wait for before beginning his escape?

4. What happens when Will hears noises in the night while escaping?

5. What happens while Will and Henry are sailing across the English Channel?

6. What does Will do when he finds a store full of watches?

7. What does Ozymandias tell Will about the tripods?

8. What does Will do that finally gets Henry to leave him alone, and what prompts him to do this?

9. What are the Black Ages?

10. What did Jack once see in a ruined city?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Education and the importance of training is a constant theme in this book. Where does this theme appear, and which characters are most affected by it?

Essay Topic 2

What role does symbolism play in the stories and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

Essay Topic 3

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

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