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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Laurie believe the attacks on the Tripods are not televised?
(a) Because people died in the attacks
(b) Because people are tired of watching it
(c) Because they can't be destroyed
(d) Because news cameras weren't allowed near

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

3. What is the government reaction when it's discovered that the Trippy Show is being broadcast from outer space?
(a) They ban television
(b) They produce an Anti-Trippy Show
(c) They try to jam the signal
(d) They warn people not to watch

4. What material is Laurie's grandmother's house made of?
(a) Granite
(b) Brick
(c) Graphite
(d) Wood

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

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

7. What is the explanation Andy offers when the boys see the first Tripod?
(a) That it's probably a military experiment
(b) That they've been invaded
(c) That it can't be real
(d) That someone is making a movie

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

9. What is the warning given by the Head Man at school?
(a) To attend school no matter what
(b) To beware of anyone offering Caps
(c) To only watch the Trippy Show with an adult
(d) To watch the Trippy Show no matter what

10. What is on the television when Laurie wakes the following morning?
(a) Music videos
(b) The Trippy Show
(c) A newscast about a new wave of Tripods
(d) A soap opera

11. What color is the light Andy sees soon after waking?
(a) Blue
(b) White
(c) Red
(d) Orange

12. How many landings of the Tripods were there in the initial contact?
(a) No one knows for sure
(b) Six
(c) Three
(d) One

13. What is in the briefcase Uncle Ian left behind?
(a) Caps
(b) Flyers about the Tripods
(c) Takes of the Trippy Shows
(d) Statues of Tripods

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Laurie say that can't be the case?

2. How does the Tripod destroy the house?

3. How many parts of the series were originally planned?

4. What do the boys do when they encounter a police roadblock?

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

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