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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far away is the farmhouse from Laurie's location?
(a) At least fifty meters
(b) Only a few meters
(c) At least five hundred meters
(d) A couple of hundred meters

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

3. What does Pa say the booking clerk says when he tries to buy tickets to Switzerland?
(a) Fights are cancelled and Hail the Tripod
(b) He can pay with a credit card as long as they are not wearing caps
(c) Only three people can leave and they have to prove they are not under the control of the Tripod
(d) He has to pay with cash and Hail the Tripod

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Monmouth do to get Angela over her obsession?

2. What is Laurie doing when Uncle Ian arrives?

3. What does Aunt Caroline say about Nathanael when she talks to Laurie on the phone?

4. Who is the panelist who is critical of the idea that the Tripods don't have infrared capabilities?

5. What does Pa say he believes the Trippy show is an example of?

(see the answer key)

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