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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 is the ice sculpture that intrigues Andy?
(a) A king
(b) A fairy
(c) A butterfly
(d) A car
2. Where do the men say they'll take the three boys to be Capped?
(a) The church
(b) The jail
(c) The city hall
(d) The police station
3. What does Ilse's father do all day?
(a) Stares out a window
(b) Talks about the Tripods
(c) Stays in bed or sits on the verandah
(d) Looks after the chickens
4. Where does Laurie plan to get the present he's going to give Angela?
(a) From the hotel
(b) He's going to ask Ilse to make it
(c) From a nearby farm
(d) From the village
5. How are the soldiers armed when the family arrives in Switzerland?
(a) With small caliber pistols
(b) They aren't armed
(c) With automatic weapons
(d) With a variety of weapons
Short Answer Questions
1. What is on the terrace?
2. What happens to the plane's captain?
3. Who proposes that they set off an avalanche to destroy the Tripod?
4. What do they learn from a man at the airport about the Tripods?
5. How many people have beat the family to their new location?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does that story relate to the current situation, according to Pa?
2. When Laurie and Angela are talking about Prince, Laurie realizes that their relationship is changing. Why is it changing and what does Laurie think about it?
3. Describe Laurie's attempts to learn to ski, his jealousy and his eventual mastery of the skill.
4. How are Laurie and Andy eventually able to escape?
5. Why is Laurie chosen to be the one to wear the altered Cap?
6. How are the Caps made permanent and how does Laurie learn about it?
7. Why are the Swiss people not worried about being invaded prior to the time it actually happens?
8. What reasons are there for the group to send patrols out farther from the base camp?
9. List at least two people who become members of the group after they are established in the tunnels, and describe how each is taken in.
10. What is the story Pa tells Andy when he refuses to obey a command to return to the dock?
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