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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. What does the author say is a fundamental weakness of science fiction books?
(a) The inability to guess the future
(b) The tendency to overestimate invaders
(c) The fact that all the good stories have already been told
(d) The lack of imagination of most writers

2. What causes Angela to attack Laurie?
(a) He tells her he at her chocolate chip cookies
(b) He shoves her agains the stair railing
(c) He tells her he didn't tape the Trippy show
(d) He calls her a Trippy

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

4. How is the farmer dressed when he runs out of the house?
(a) In a shirt and trousers
(b) In his robe
(c) In his underwear
(d) In his pajamas

5. Who is Nathanael?
(a) A classmate
(b) Laurie's cousin
(c) A neighbor
(d) Laurie's uncle

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pa do with Uncle Ian's briefcase?

2. What is the government reaction when it's discovered that the Trippy Show is being broadcast from outer space?

3. What does Laurie realize one of the tentacles is doing after the arrival of the tank?

4. What is the nickname Nathanael's parents use for him in informal situations?

5. How was the Tripod that landed in the United States destroyed?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Ilse offer Laurie cookies and why does he refuse?

3. Describe Laurie's relationship with his father.

4. How much input does the author say he had in the movie project and why does he say that's acceptable?

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

6. What does the author say about Will in the book "The City of Gold and Lead?"

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

8. Why are Laurie and Andy in the shed near the farmhouse when the Tripods arrive?

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

10. Briefly describe the Trippy show that Laurie sees for the first time.

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