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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Andy suggest they do to get away?
(a) Tunnel out of the shed
(b) Call for help
(c) Run
(d) Disguise themselves

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

3. What is the name of the planet the Master comes from, according to the author?
(a) Xenon
(b) Mars
(c) Tripodia
(d) The planet isn't named

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

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

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

7. Why does Laurie say that can't be the case?
(a) It's too far to the nearest train tracks
(b) It's too far to the nearest road
(c) It's too far to the nearest mine
(d) It's too far to the artillery range

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

9. How many tentacles do the boys see after the arrival of the tank?
(a) Three
(b) Eight
(c) Two
(d) One

10. What does Dr. Monmouth do to get Angela over her obsession?
(a) Gives her Prozac
(b) Hypnotizes her
(c) Burns the tapes
(d) Sedates her

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

12. What does a student do with the issue of the Daily Mail that addressed Trippies?
(a) Takes it home
(b) Reads it to the other students
(c) Burns it
(d) Tears it to shreds

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

14. Who goes with Laurie and Andy to get a look at a Tripod nearby?
(a) Marriott
(b) Hilda
(c) No one
(d) Pa

15. What does Pa do with Uncle Ian's briefcase?
(a) Nothing
(b) Puts it in the shed
(c) Mails it to Uncle Ian
(d) Throws it in the dumpster

Short Answer Questions

1. What company planned to sponsor a television adaptation of the Tripods?

2. What is Laurie doing when Uncle Ian arrives?

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

4. How is the farmer dressed when he runs out of the house?

5. Where does Laurie know Martha intends for the family to go?

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