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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pa do that he believes will render the Cap harmless?
(a) Removes a battery
(b) Pokes holes in it
(c) Lines it with metal
(d) Cuts some wires

2. How old is Rudi?
(a) Thirteen
(b) Ten
(c) Twelve
(d) Fifteen

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Which of the following is not seen from the train window?
(a) A lake
(b) A paddle steamer
(c) Ducks swimming
(d) Several small boats

11. Who is Michael Hardy?
(a) An antique dealer who knows Martha
(b) The co-pilot
(c) The pilot
(d) A banker who knows the family

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

13. What does Martha tell them to order at the airport restaurant?
(a) Anything they want
(b) Steaks and champagne
(c) Burgers and shakes
(d) Nothing because they'll need all their cash

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

15. 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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much food do they discover at the hotel?

2. What does Pa have in his hand when he returns to the house the second time?

3. What does the pilot say when Pa demands that he set a course for Geneva?

4. How often does the Tripod patrol the area?

5. What color are the permanent Caps implanted onto the skulls of people?

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