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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 The City of the Ancients.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when people turn 14 years of age?
(a) They are given a trade.
(b) They are tested.
(c) They are capped.
(d) They are sent away to school.

2. What does Will think about the actions of the tripods at sea?
(a) They are dangerous.
(b) They are humorous.
(c) They are nonsensical.
(d) They are intelligent.

3. How does Will feel after the celebration at the beginning of the book?
(a) Content.
(b) Sad.
(c) Scared.
(d) Confused.

4. Where does Will arrange to speak with Ozymandias?
(a) At the vagrant house.
(b) In his barn.
(c) Behind the school.
(d) In the den.

5. What is the name of the celebration held nine days after the book begins?
(a) Plenty Day.
(b) Harvest Day.
(c) Capping Day.
(d) History Day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Will talk to a vagrant about?

2. What country are Will and Henry taken to after finding the captain?

3. What do Will and Henry learn about tripods as they sail on the boat?

4. What does Ozymandias think the tripods are?

5. What does Will cook and eat in his hide-out at the beginning of the book?

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