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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does the Tripod destroy the house?
(a) By stepping on it
(b) It doesn't destroy it
(c) By smashing it with a tentacle
(d) By burning it with a laser

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

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

6. What are Pa and Martha drinking while listening to the television broadcasts?
(a) Soda
(b) Whiskey
(c) Coffee
(d) Lemonade

7. Who is Nathanael?
(a) A classmate
(b) Laurie's uncle
(c) A neighbor
(d) Laurie's cousin

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

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

10. What does Andy say could have been the source of the noise they heard?
(a) A train
(b) A truck
(c) Dynamite from a nearby mine
(d) An artillery range

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

12. How many rockets are fired from the approaching fighter-bombers?
(a) Six
(b) Two
(c) Four
(d) Too many to count

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

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

15. What is the headline in the newspaper, the Daily Mail?
(a) Catch the Trippy Show
(b) Trippies headed to Canada
(c) Are Trippies Evil?
(d) Trippy Brainwash?

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Pa say they'll leave the country?

2. What does Angela do while Dr. Monmouth is talking to Laurie and the others?

3. What does Martha pull from her purse when she sees Laurie is in trouble?

4. Why does Pa give way to Martha's suggestion that they leave the country?

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

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