View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the plane's captain?
(a) He is put in jail
(b) He is forced to remove his Cap
(c) He is allowed to leave
(d) He is shot

2. What do they use for cooking?
(a) They only eat what can be eaten without cooking
(b) An oil stove
(c) The stove at the hotel
(d) A campfire

3. What do they learn from a man at the airport about the Tripods?
(a) That they've produced millions of Caps
(b) That they're on the verge of defeat
(c) That they've left the Earth's orbit
(d) That they've returned to complete their mission

4. How many people have beat the family to their new location?
(a) About twenty
(b) Seven
(c) None
(d) Six

5. Who is waiting for the group as they disembark from the train?
(a) The police
(b) No one
(c) Ilse's mother and a servant
(d) Ilse

6. What do the boys call Andy and Laurie when they are at a gift shop at a train station?
(a) Chicken
(b) Trippies
(c) Non-Capped
(d) Dirty English

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

8. What does Pa have in his hand when he returns to the house the second time?
(a) A shotgun
(b) A strap
(c) An extra Cap
(d) A wrench

9. What does the pilot say might be a problem with landing in Geneva?
(a) He doesn't know the way
(b) Fuel
(c) Permission to land
(d) The military will shoot them down

10. Who is in the party that sets off the avalanche?
(a) Andy, Laurie and Yone
(b) Yone, Pa and Laurie
(c) Karl, Hanna and Rudi
(d) Pa, Andy and Laurie

11. How many bedrooms are there in the guesthouse?
(a) Four
(b) Ten
(c) Eight
(d) Twenty-two

12. How many police roadblocks are there on the way to the boat?
(a) Two
(b) Three
(c) None
(d) One

13. How is it suggested that the might set off an avalanche?
(a) By luring the Tripod closer
(b) By shouting
(c) By firing the shotgun
(d) By rolling a boulder from a cliff

14. Where does Laurie say he found the notebooks he's been writing in?
(a) He bought them in the village
(b) The hotel
(c) His father bought them
(d) He brought them from home

15. What is Pa's argument for destroying the Tripod?
(a) That they could be the last hope for the survival of humans
(b) That they are duty bound to fight for Switzerland
(c) That there are other forces fighting
(d) That there's no choice

Short Answer Questions

1. How often does the Tripod patrol the area?

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

3. Who is Rudi's father?

4. How does Martha get the money they need for tickets?

5. What is the argument against trying to destroy the Tripod?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 490 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample