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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Laurie learn happened to Ilse's father during the night he was gone?
(a) He died
(b) He had another attack and was taken to the hospital
(c) He recovered
(d) He ran away to be Capped

2. What does Laurie say about the reason Tripods don't come until after the snow is melted?
(a) That the Tripods didn't want to lose any more units
(b) That they'd been there earlier but hadn't been seen
(c) That the beacon was buried under the snow
(d) That the Tripods couldn't navigate in the snow

3. Who does Pa say is in charge when they arrive in Guernsey?
(a) The uncapped
(b) The Capped
(c) The Royal Family
(d) The police

4. What does Laurie learn his father is planning to do?
(a) Join the army in order to fight
(b) Allow them all to be Capped
(c) Return home
(d) Move the family to an old rail tunnel

5. What is it that makes Laurie realize they are not in temporary exile?
(a) When Pa says they have to conserve food
(b) When he overhears Ilse crying
(c) When Martha says she'll never be able to return to her business
(d) When he has a birthday

6. What does Rudi say could be a good effect of longer patrols?
(a) Finding food supplies
(b) Gaining recruits
(c) Learning the Tripods' weaknesses
(d) Nothing

7. What does Martha cook during the trip?
(a) Shrimp and steak
(b) Nothing
(c) Beans and potatoes
(d) Stew

8. What is the Cap made of?
(a) Metal
(b) Wire
(c) Cloth
(d) Rubber

9. How often does the Tripod patrol the area?
(a) Every fourth day
(b) Every hour
(c) Every week
(d) Every month

10. What does Rudi's mother say will soon happen to the study of science?
(a) It will be taught by the Tripods
(b) It will be abandoned
(c) It will focus only on ways to rejuvenate the planet
(d) It will focus only on space exploration

11. Who opens the door when Laurie arrives where Andy is being held?
(a) A villager Laurie doesn't know
(b) Rudi's father
(c) An officer from the police station
(d) Rudi's mother

12. Who built the first of the buildings owned by Ilse's family?
(a) Her grandfather
(b) No one knows
(c) A famous architect
(d) Her father

13. Where does Laurie plan to get the present he's going to give Angela?
(a) From the village
(b) From a nearby farm
(c) From the hotel
(d) He's going to ask Ilse to make it

14. What is the fate of the guesthouse after the family leaves it?
(a) It's burned
(b) It's taken over by the Capped
(c) It's taken over by the Tripods
(d) It becomes a jail

15. What is xenophbia?
(a) Fear of Tripods
(b) Fear for foreigners
(c) Fear of anything with peanut butter
(d) Fear of spiders

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rudi's mother give to Rudi and Laurie?

2. Who is in the party that sets off the avalanche?

3. How do they move supplies from the hotel to their new home in the tunnel?

4. What does Martha tell them to order at the airport restaurant?

5. How many people have beat the family to their new location?

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