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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Ilse?
(a) Laurie's grandmother
(b) Laurie's mother
(c) Laurie's stepmother
(d) Laurie's sister

2. Which of the landings was sighted first?
(a) The Soviet Union
(b) Montana
(c) Dartmoor
(d) Tokoyo

3. How does Pa try to pay for the plane tickets?
(a) With cash then a check
(b) With a credit card then the title to his boat
(c) With a credit card then a check
(d) With a check this his watch

4. What company planned to sponsor a television adaptation of the Tripods?
(a) Public Broadcasting Corporation
(b) British Broadcasting Corporation
(c) American Broadcasting Corporation
(d) Japanese Broadcasting Corporation

5. How is Angela convinced to leave home at the time the Trippy Show is airing?
(a) Laurie promises to videotape it
(b) She doesn't want to miss the pony show
(c) She plans to watch a rerun
(d) Laurie promises to tell her about it

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Martha?

2. What does Martha say she wants Pa to do with Uncle Ian's briefcase?

3. What do the boys call Andy and Laurie when they are at a gift shop at a train station?

4. What does the author say is a fundamental weakness of science fiction books?

5. What does the pilot say when Pa demands that he set a course for Geneva?

(see the answer key)

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