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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Angela do while Dr. Monmouth is talking to Laurie and the others?

2. What does Andy suggest they do to get away?

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

4. What is the name of the family's boat?

5. What is the headline in the newspaper, the Daily Mail?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why is the decision made for the family to take the boat out of the country?

6. What is Aunt Caroline's reaction when Pa tells her about Angela's hypnosis by the Trippy Show?

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

8. Briefly describe what happens when the Tripod arrives at the farmhouse.

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

10. Describe Laurie's father.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Switzerland attempt to prevent the invasion of the Tripods? Are they successful at all? Are their methods honorable? Support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

In some ways, this story is a typical coming-of-age story. Describe events that exemplify the theme.

Essay Topic 3

What are the Trippies? How are their attitudes changed from their personalities. List at least three people who become Trippies. What are their fates?

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