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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. How tall are the tripods?

2. What is the name of Will's best friend?

3. What does Will talk to a vagrant about?

4. What color are the windows on the tripods?

5. Where are Henry and Will imprisoned when they are caught?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Beanpole feel about his relatives and home city?

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

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

4. What happens when Henry catches Will trying to run away?

5. What do the boys find in an underground tunnel in the ruined city?

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

7. What has Beanpole observed about people who get capped?

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

9. How does Will describe Jean Paul?

10. Describe the Schmad-Fair, and how it helps Will?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The characters in this book all had their own goals and motivations. Select four characters and write their main motivation throughout the book and how this goal affected the characters around them.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Fear is a common theme in this book that is presented a number of times by a number of characters. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the characters in the book?

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