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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who dies in Chapter 3?
(a) Ozymandias.
(b) Jack's brother.
(c) Will's father.
(d) Henry's mother.

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

3. Where do the tripods not go?
(a) The cold region.
(b) The ocean.
(c) The valleys.
(d) The mountains.

4. What is the tunnel that the boys explore in the ruined city?
(a) An ammunitions stockpile.
(b) A subway tunnel.
(c) An underground retreat.
(d) A bomb shelter.

5. Where are Henry and Will imprisoned when they are caught?
(a) A hospital room.
(b) A bathroom.
(c) A cellar.
(d) A prison.

6. Which of the following is NOT a symptom of the vagrants?
(a) Mental instability.
(b) Babbling.
(c) Vomiting.
(d) Headaches.

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

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

9. What does Ozymandias say is similar with all vagrants before they were capped?
(a) They were strong willed.
(b) They were unintelligent.
(c) They were physically weak.
(d) They were defiant.

10. Where does Will stay while he is healing from his injury?
(a) In a hollow tree.
(b) In an abandoned hut.
(c) In the den.
(d) In a barn loft.

11. What does Will do when he realizes someone has followed him?
(a) He fights with him.
(b) He begs him to come along.
(c) He hugs and thanks him.
(d) He hides from him.

12. What does Will's father reprimand him for after Jack's capping?
(a) Speaking to a vagrant.
(b) Taking his watch.
(c) Having a hide-out.
(d) Fighting with Henry.

13. What does Beanpole call the grenades they find in the tunnel?
(a) Balls of fury.
(b) Unstable weapons.
(c) Exploding goose eggs.
(d) Fireworks.

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

15. What does Will cook and eat in his hide-out at the beginning of the book?
(a) Frog legs.
(b) Squirrel.
(c) Lamb.
(d) Rabbit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the captain tell Will and Henry NOT to do when they reach the end of their sea journey?

2. Where does Will stop before leaving on his quest?

3. What does Beanpole say caps make humans into?

4. What does Will use to carry the food he has stocked up?

5. What special object does Will's father own?

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