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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Laurie come up with as an idea for a birthday gift for Angela?
(a) A doll
(b) A mirror
(c) A cake
(d) A pony

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

5. How is the family able to get through airport security?
(a) There is no security check
(b) They are turned back until they relinquish their possessions
(c) They say "Hail the Tripod" and are allowed to pass
(d) They leave all their belongings behind

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

7. What happens to the destroyed Tripod after the snow melts, leaving it exposed?
(a) It revives and walks away
(b) The other Tripods arrive and it's burned
(c) The snow never melts away
(d) The sun causes it to burn

8. What does Ilse's father do all day?
(a) Looks after the chickens
(b) Talks about the Tripods
(c) Stares out a window
(d) Stays in bed or sits on the verandah

9. How are the soldiers armed when the family arrives in Switzerland?
(a) With a variety of weapons
(b) With automatic weapons
(c) They aren't armed
(d) With small caliber pistols

10. How does Karl come to join the group?
(a) He was a hermit living in the mountains
(b) Pa removed his Cap and he followed when they left him
(c) He is running away when he find the group
(d) He was young and unCapped when they found him

11. Why isn't Andy immediately Capped by the villagers?
(a) They plan a ceremony for the event
(b) They are out of Caps
(c) They are waiting to get his birth certificate
(d) They want to ask Pa for permission

12. What is the argument against trying to destroy the Tripod?
(a) That it's the military's job
(b) That someone else is probably already making plans
(c) That it might bring attention to them
(d) That they can learn from it

13. What does Laurie say he sees as the most important task for the group?
(a) Keeping food stocked in the tunnels
(b) Finding ways to destroy Caps
(c) Laying the foundations of freedom for future generations
(d) Destroying Tripods

14. What animals are there at the guesthouse?
(a) Sheep and goats
(b) Chickens, ducks and geese
(c) Chickens and two cows
(d) Cows and horses

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pa say is Martha's policy with regard to police?

2. Who is Rudi's father?

3. How does Laurie greet Ilse when he first sees her?

4. What does Pa do that he believes will render the Cap harmless?

5. What do they learn from a man at the airport about the Tripods?

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