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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2 and 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many parts of the series were originally planned?
(a) Six
(b) Two
(c) Thirteen
(d) Three

2. How was the Tripod that landed in the United States destroyed?
(a) By a nuclear missile
(b) It self-destructed
(c) By military tanks
(d) By fighter-bombers

3. Where does Angela say she's going as she leaves the house?
(a) She doesn't say
(b) She's going to Emma's
(c) She's going to exercise her pony
(d) She's going to join the Trippies

4. Who is Wild Bill?
(a) A friend of Andy's
(b) A teacher
(c) Andy's uncle
(d) A news reporter

5. What is on the television when Laurie wakes the following morning?
(a) A newscast about a new wave of Tripods
(b) The Trippy Show
(c) A soap opera
(d) Music videos

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Hilda Goossens?

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

3. What is the headline in the newspaper, the Daily Mail?

4. Who is Ilse?

5. How far away is the farmhouse from Laurie's location?

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