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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 Rudi say is the most important fact about the Tripod's patrol through the valley?

2. What animals are there at the guesthouse?

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

4. Who among the villagers are not Capped after the army is defeated?

5. How many police roadblocks are there on the way to the boat?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Laurie's attempts to learn to ski, his jealousy and his eventual mastery of the skill.

3. What does Pa say about the reaction of the Swiss at the train station when Laurie and Andy get into a fight?

4. Describe how the family gets from Guernsey to Switzerland.

5. 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.

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

7. 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?

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

9. What precautions are taken by the group to ensure that they aren't detected?

10. How does Laurie compare the final resting places of Ilse's mother and 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

Describe the efforts of Pa to take the group to Switzerland. How do they finally make it there? Was it a good decision?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the Tripods. What are the Tripods' ultimate goal? How do you know this?

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