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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do children feel about vagrants?
(a) They are entertained by them.
(b) They are afraid of them.
(c) They see them as a part of life.
(d) They follow them around.

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

3. What is Ozymandias searching for?
(a) His family.
(b) Adults who are faking their capping.
(c) Vagrants.
(d) People who do not want to be capped.

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

5. Where in the house does the visitor in Chapter 3 stay?
(a) The barn.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The front room.
(d) Will's room.

6. Who follows will when he sneaks out of his house?
(a) Ozymandias.
(b) His father.
(c) Jack.
(d) Henry.

7. How are Will and Henry able to get through the port city unnoticed?
(a) It is highly populated.
(b) They swim in the water.
(c) They are dressed as sailors.
(d) They travel at night.

8. What does Will stop at a store in the port city to do?
(a) Ask about the ship.
(b) Buy some food.
(c) Ask for directions.
(d) Find employment.

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

10. How long does it take for Will to heal enough to travel again?
(a) Six days.
(b) Four days.
(c) Five days.
(d) Three days.

11. What does Will do that makes Henry leave him alone?
(a) Wins a fight.
(b) Acts crazy.
(c) Threatens to tell his mother.
(d) Makes fun of his fear of tripods.

12. What does Will think about in his hide-out after Jack has been capped?
(a) A way to remove the cap.
(b) Girls.
(c) His loneliness.
(d) The Black Ages.

13. What is different about Ozymandias from all the other vagrants?
(a) His cap moves.
(b) He sings all his words.
(c) He makes more sense.
(d) He is taller.

14. What is taken away from humans when they are capped?
(a) Their emotions.
(b) Their thoughts.
(c) Their individuality.
(d) Their creativity.

15. How far do the boys travel on the vehicle that uses the old train tracks?
(a) 75 miles.
(b) 50 miles.
(c) 25 miles.
(d) 100 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Will find the captain of the ship he is supposed to take at the port city?

2. What kind of power does Beanpole think used to run the vehicles that used the train tracks?

3. How does Will feel after the celebration at the beginning of the book?

4. Where did Ozymandias get his cap?

5. Who has Beanpole been raised by?

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