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

2. Which of the following is not seen from the train window?

3. Who gags Rudi?

4. What do they learn from a man at the airport about the Tripods?

5. Why isn't Andy immediately Capped by the villagers?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Andy come to be held by the village police officer?

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

5. What reasons are there for the group to send patrols out farther from the base camp?

6. What happens with regard to the Tripod destroyed in the avalanche?

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

8. What are the arguments against trying to destroy the Tripod that patrols near the tunnel?

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Describe the reactions of the people of Guernsey to the arrival of Laurie and his group. Compare that to the reactions of the Swiss to their arrival. What is similar? What is different? Which is better?

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