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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the moon look like when Laurie makes his way to the window to see outside?
(a) It's a quarter
(b) It's full
(c) It's only a sliver
(d) The moon is covered by clouds

2. What chapter is Laurie studying in physics?
(a) Fourteen
(b) One
(c) Eight
(d) Nine

3. 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

4. What does Andy think might be the source of the sound they hear just after daylight the next morning?
(a) The farmer's pickup
(b) The Tripods
(c) Trains
(d) Farm machinery

5. What does Martha pull from her purse when she sees Laurie is in trouble?
(a) A chain for hypnotizing Ian
(b) A pistol
(c) A cell phone
(d) A can of Mace

6. 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) Music videos
(d) A soap opera

7. How old is Angela?
(a) Four
(b) Six
(c) Five
(d) Seven

8. Who is Hilda Goossens?
(a) The class treasurer
(b) The class genius
(c) The class clown
(d) The class president

9. How tall does Laurie say the Tripod is?
(a) Fifty meters
(b) As tall as King Kong
(c) Thirty meters
(d) Eighty meters

10. Why is Ilse going to Switzerland?
(a) She's afraid of the Tripods
(b) Her father is ill
(c) Her mother is ill
(d) To buy antiques

11. How many were actually made?
(a) Thirteen
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) Six

12. What is Laurie sleeping on?
(a) The ground
(b) A sleeping bag
(c) A pile of straw
(d) A small mattress

13. What does Uncle Ian say they have been given in order to become part of the brotherhood?
(a) Wealth
(b) Small Tripods
(c) Caps
(d) The Trippy Show

14. What kind of dog does Laurie believe he hears?
(a) A poodle
(b) A St. Bernard
(c) A Labrador
(d) A greyhound

15. What do the boys do when they encounter a police roadblock?
(a) Ask for permission to pass
(b) Turn back to town
(c) Stop to talk
(d) Go around it

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Wild Bill?

2. What happens to the dragon in the Trippy Show?

3. Where does Angela say she's going as she leaves the house?

4. Who is Ilse?

5. What is the reaction of the police when people are reported missing?

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