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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 men at the White Mountains call themselves?

2. What are the tripods that the boys see after they escape from the search party doing with their tentacles?

3. How does Will look to Henry when he joins up with them?

4. What does the river in Chapter 8 have in it at intervals?

5. What do the tripods use to see in the night?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens between the boys and the Tripod in Chapter 8?

5. How does Henry treat Will when he rejoins the group?

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

7. How is the object removed from Will?

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

9. What happens when Will and Eloise go rowing?

10. Why is Will alone for most of the tournament, and what does he think about during this time?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Leadership is a theme that is presented many times in this book. What are some of these instances, and what were some of the effects of these leaders and their actions?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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