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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. How much food do they discover at the hotel?
(a) None
(b) Enough for a couple of weeks
(c) Lots
(d) Only enough for a couple of meals

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

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

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

5. What is Pa's reaction when they see the first Tripod in Switzerland?
(a) He says there's nowhere else to go
(b) He predicts the Swiss Army will rally
(c) He says they'll have to return to Dartmoor
(d) He says they'll have to run deeper into the mountains and hide

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Martha tell them to order at the airport restaurant?

2. How does Martha get the money they need for tickets?

3. What is the weather like when they reach the dock?

4. Who proposes that they set off an avalanche to destroy the Tripod?

5. How many people have beat the family to their new location?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kinds of precautions are the Swiss taking against being taken over by the Trippies?

2. What does Pa tell Ilse's mother when she tells them she can't travel quickly and that they should leave her behind? What does he mean?

3. What is the conversation Pa and Andy have about rats?

4. What is the argument against Pa going to rescue Andy?

5. What does Pa say about the difference in the attitudes of the young and the old with regard to taking chances?

6. Why is Laurie afraid of putting on the altered Cap?

7. Why are the Swiss people not worried about being invaded prior to the time it actually happens?

8. What is the story Pa tells Andy when he refuses to obey a command to return to the dock?

9. Why is Laurie chosen to be the one to wear the altered Cap?

10. What is the condition of Ilse's father and how does he spend his days?

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