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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Laurie say that can't be the case?
(a) It's too far to the artillery range
(b) It's too far to the nearest train tracks
(c) It's too far to the nearest mine
(d) It's too far to the nearest road

2. What does Ilse's parents do?
(a) Run an antique business in Switzerland
(b) Run a guesthouse in Switzerland
(c) Run a guesthouse in Dartmoor
(d) Run a general store in Switzerland

3. What is Laurie sleeping on?
(a) A sleeping bag
(b) A pile of straw
(c) The ground
(d) A small mattress

4. What is in the briefcase Uncle Ian left behind?
(a) Flyers about the Tripods
(b) Takes of the Trippy Shows
(c) Statues of Tripods
(d) Caps

5. What does Andy say could have been the source of the noise they heard?
(a) Dynamite from a nearby mine
(b) A truck
(c) A train
(d) An artillery range

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was NOT the site of a landing during the initial contact?

2. What is the sound coming from the tank?

3. How many were actually made?

4. Who is Nathanael?

5. Where does Laurie know Martha intends for the family to go?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the objections the science fiction writer has to the storyline of the Tripods?

2. What are some of the ways the boys try to explain away the sounds and sight of the Tripod?

3. What does Dr. Monmouth suggest about the Trippy Show and the reason people are being hypnotized by it?

4. What does the article from the Daily Mail suggest about the Trippy Show?

5. What is the reaction of police when people are reported missing and why?

6. What is the reaction of the boys when the military arrives?

7. What does Caroline say happened to Ian and Nathanael?

8. How does the author say the Tripods came to inhabit the Earth?

9. What does Wild Bill say each of the Tripods did after they landed the first time?

10. Why doesn't Laurie's family see much of his Aunt and Uncle?

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