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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pa say he has a right to do because Laurie and Andy disobeyed him?
(a) Talk to them
(b) Cap them
(c) Take them home
(d) Beat them

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

3. What do they do with the body of Ilse's mother?
(a) Lower it into a crevasse and cover it with snow
(b) Bury it
(c) Leave it for the animals
(d) Burn it

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

5. 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

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

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

8. Who gags Rudi?
(a) Andy
(b) Laurie
(c) Pa
(d) No one

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

10. Who is the first to join the group?
(a) Hannah
(b) Karmen
(c) Karl
(d) Hans

11. What does Martha tell Angela they are going to go?
(a) Going to find Ilse
(b) Going to find Andy's mother
(c) Going on a holiday
(d) Going to escape the Tripods

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

13. What is the weather like when they reach the dock?
(a) It's hailing
(b) It's sunny
(c) It's warm and windy
(d) It's sleeting

14. How do they move supplies from the hotel to their new home in the tunnel?
(a) By hand
(b) By car
(c) By wagon
(d) By diesel coach

15. Where do the police take Andy and Laurie after the fight at the train station?
(a) Back to the train
(b) To a security office
(c) Nowhere
(d) To jail

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the pilot say might be a problem with landing in Geneva?

2. What happens to the plane's captain?

3. What is the fate of the guesthouse after the family leaves it?

4. What animals are there at the guesthouse?

5. Who does the cooking for the group after Ilse's mother dies?

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