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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long does Will travel when he hears noises behind him?
(a) One day.
(b) Four days.
(c) Two days.
(d) Three days.

3. What subject is Beanpole interesting in learning about?
(a) Technology.
(b) Science.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) History.

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

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

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

7. What percentage of the population becomes vagrants after being capped?
(a) 8%.
(b) 2%.
(c) 5%.
(d) 10%.

8. Which of the following is NOT something Ozymandias gives Will to help him on his quest?
(a) Verbal instructions.
(b) A weapon.
(c) A map.
(d) The name of a ship captain.

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

10. What time of day does Will sneak away from his house?
(a) Sunrise.
(b) Noon.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Sunset.

11. What do the boys find on an island in the river at the ruined city?
(a) A graveyard.
(b) An ammunition depot.
(c) A cathedral.
(d) A monument.

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

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

14. Why does Beanpole take Will off the course the map shows?
(a) He would like to see some ruins.
(b) He is trying to trick them.
(c) He wants to avoid tripods.
(d) He knows a short cut.

15. What does Ozymandias think the tripods are?
(a) Houses for creatures.
(b) An alien mistake.
(c) Robots from another planet.
(d) A human invention.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the celebration held nine days after the book begins?

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

3. Who has Beanpole been raised by?

4. How many times is the ship approached by tripods on their journey?

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

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