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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Andy come to stay with Laurie's family?
(a) Andy's home is destroyed
(b) Andy's mother is gone
(c) Laurie wants Andy to be near
(d) Andy doesn't have television to keep up with the news

2. What does a student do with the issue of the Daily Mail that addressed Trippies?
(a) Reads it to the other students
(b) Tears it to shreds
(c) Takes it home
(d) Burns it

3. What does Rudi's mother give to Rudi and Laurie?
(a) Permission to watch television
(b) Cookies and milk
(c) Caps
(d) Lemonade and cake

4. What does Martha say she wants Pa to do with Uncle Ian's briefcase?
(a) She wants it out of the house
(b) She wants to mail it to the government
(c) She wants to give it back to Uncle Ian
(d) She wants to hand the contents out to neighbors

5. What does Rudi's mother say about her ailment after being Capped?
(a) That a bad tooth had been healed
(b) That her legs no longer hurt
(c) That her rheumatism had improved
(d) That her depression had ended

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Laurie see clinging to the legs of the Tripod?

2. Who is living at the guesthouse when Laurie and his family arrive?

3. How was the Tripod that landed in the United States destroyed?

4. What does Rudi's mother say will soon happen to the study of science?

5. What is near the umbrella stand at the doorway of Rudi's house?

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