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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What bolsters Will's decision to go to the White Mountains?
(a) Meetings with Jack.
(b) Dreams of a life without tripods.
(c) Letters from Ozymandias.
(d) Seeing the vagrants.

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

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

4. What does Will's best friend do when he sees Will with his father's prized possession?
(a) Stares at it in wonder.
(b) Asks to see it.
(c) Threatens to destroy it.
(d) Scolds him.

5. Who is the guest of honor at the celebration held nine days after the book begins?
(a) Will.
(b) Henry.
(c) Jim.
(d) Jack.

6. How does Will feel about his parents?
(a) He is not at all close to them.
(b) He loves them dearly.
(c) He feels betrayed by them.
(d) He is scared of them.

7. How long do vagrants usually stay in one place?
(a) A few years.
(b) A few days.
(c) A few weeks.
(d) A few months.

8. What does Will do when he sees Henry at the beginning of the book?
(a) He pretends not to see him.
(b) He ducks into a store.
(c) He runs away.
(d) He rushes to him.

9. What is the name of the busy port town that Will and Henry reach?
(a) Rummey.
(b) Runnet.
(c) Roulet.
(d) Rumney.

10. What did Will's best friend see in a ruined city?
(a) A rusted ship.
(b) A giant building.
(c) An electrical plant.
(d) A junkyard.

11. When were the old railroad tracks constructed?
(a) The Black Ages.
(b) When the tripods came.
(c) The Dark Time.
(d) The Before Era.

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

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

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

15. What color are the windows on the tripods?
(a) Blue.
(b) Red.
(c) Green.
(d) Yellow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Ozymandias get his cap?

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

3. How does Will injure himself at the beginning of his journey?

4. What do the boys take from the hardware store?

5. What is different about Ozymandias from all the other vagrants?

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