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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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 becomes a jail
(d) It's taken over by the Tripods

5. What does Pa say is Martha's policy with regard to police?
(a) Stay in the fast lane and never look back
(b) Stay within the law and you don't have to worry
(c) Turn a blind eye and put your foot down
(d) Turn on a signal and wait for them to catch you

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

7. What does Laurie buy in the village after the villagers are Capped?
(a) A radio
(b) New shoes
(c) Bread
(d) Camping gear

8. What does Pa say about Andy being held?
(a) That he'll sneak down after dark to release Andy
(b) That they'll have to allow Andy to be Capped
(c) That Laurie will have to figure it out on his own
(d) That Andy will find a way to escape

9. How long is the family told they can stay in the country?
(a) Seven days
(b) They must leave immediately
(c) Indefinitely
(d) Six months

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

11. What does Angela buy Ilse for her birthday gift?
(a) A card
(b) A doll
(c) A necklace
(d) Chocolate

12. Who proposes that they set off an avalanche to destroy the Tripod?
(a) Andy
(b) Yone
(c) Laurie
(d) Pa

13. What does Laurie realize is the problem with facing an army that's been Capped?
(a) They'll be looking for their family members
(b) They'll Cap everyone they capture
(c) They have the Tripod technology behind them
(d) They don't care if they die

14. What color are the permanent Caps implanted onto the skulls of people?
(a) Gold
(b) Black
(c) Various colors
(d) Silver

15. What warning is there that France and Germany are about to invade Switzerland?
(a) Broadcasts from an underground radio
(b) Newspaper reports
(c) Only rumors
(d) No warning at all

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of animals are seen by the group as they head up the mountain?

2. What is Pa's argument for destroying the Tripod?

3. Where does Laurie say he found the notebooks he's been writing in?

4. What does Martha cook during the trip?

5. What is the Cap made of?

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