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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 does a strange man do as Will is leaving the store in the port city?
(a) Arrests him.
(b) Tries to force him to work on a ship.
(c) Recognizes him from a missing poster.
(d) Tries to attack him.

2. What do the tripods do when they see the ship?
(a) Scan it.
(b) Nothing, they pass right by.
(c) Circle it, and speed away.
(d) Ask questions of the captain.

3. What do the people call the past ages of humanity?
(a) The Age of Innocence.
(b) The Black Ages.
(c) The Stone Ages.
(d) The Era of Want.

4. Why do the boys choose to walk through the ruined city?
(a) It is too large to circumvent.
(b) The path on the map goes through it.
(c) They are curious.
(d) They know no tripods will be there.

5. Where does Will stop before leaving on his quest?
(a) The vagrant house.
(b) Ozymandias's grave.
(c) The Den.
(d) Jack's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Ozymandias get his cap?

2. What does Will stop at a store in the port city to do?

3. What does Will call his secret hide-out?

4. What does Beanpole say caps make humans into?

5. Why does Beanpole take Will off the course the map shows?

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