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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the dragon in the Trippy Show?
(a) It dissolves
(b) It wins the battle
(c) It's killed by the knight
(d) It's sent back to its cave

2. Who is Pa's sister?
(a) Verity
(b) Martha
(c) Ilse
(d) Caroline

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

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

5. What time does the first plane arrive on the scene?
(a) Just before noon
(b) Within minutes of the attack
(c) Soon after eight o'clock.
(d) There are no planes

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

7. What is the sound coming from the tank?
(a) Birds chirping
(b) Classical music
(c) A voice offering a peaceful welcome
(d) A series of beeps and hums

8. Though the Trippy Show seems to originate in the United States, where does Dr. Monmouth say some people believe it really originates?
(a) Russia
(b) Outter space
(c) The United States
(d) Dartmouth

9. What does the author say is often the key to winning a battle?
(a) The strengths of the agressor
(b) The use of technology
(c) The ability to adapt to new weapons
(d) The exploitation of another's weakness

10. What does Angela do while Dr. Monmouth is talking to Laurie and the others?
(a) Watches the Trippy show
(b) Goes for a walk
(c) Plays with her dolls
(d) Sneaks out of the house

11. What does Laurie say about the rules of their camping expedition?
(a) That they are to call their parents daily
(b) That they are not to sleep outside
(c) That they are not to ask for help
(d) That they are to hide from the Tripods

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

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

14. How old is Martha?
(a) Seventeen
(b) In her seventies
(c) Seven
(d) Forty-seven

15. What is the club Angela joins?
(a) The science club
(b) The chess club
(c) The pony club
(d) The Trippy fan club

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Andy suggest they do to get away?

2. How is Angela convinced to leave home at the time the Trippy Show is airing?

3. What does Andy see outside the window that he points out to Laurie?

4. Who is Hilda Goossens?

5. How many of the shots fired from the fighter-bombers score hits?

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