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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many of the shots fired from the fighter-bombers score hits?
(a) Two
(b) Six
(c) Too many to count
(d) Four

3. Who does Martha call after Ian leaves?
(a) The police
(b) Pa
(c) Caroline
(d) Ilse

4. What does Wild Bill say he did to another copy of the Daily Mail that addressed Trippies?
(a) Burned it
(b) Tore it to shreds
(c) Read it to the other teachers
(d) Took it home

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

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

7. What does Laurie say is a big drawback to sharing a room with Andy?
(a) He snores
(b) He rises early
(c) He likes the room cold
(d) He sleeps late

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

9. Why does Andy come to stay with Laurie's family?
(a) Andy's mother is gone
(b) Andy doesn't have television to keep up with the news
(c) Andy's home is destroyed
(d) Laurie wants Andy to be near

10. What is the reaction of the police when people are reported missing?
(a) They are bringing home anyone claiming to be a Trippy
(b) Nothing because the police are all hynotized
(c) Nothing because there are too many reports
(d) They are putting runaways in jail

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

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

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

14. 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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Angela?

2. What does Pa say he believes the Trippy show is an example of?

3. What does Laurie realize one of the tentacles is doing after the arrival of the tank?

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

5. What does a student do with the issue of the Daily Mail that addressed Trippies?

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