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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Beanpole think the tripods are able to follow them?
(a) They are using logic.
(b) They are following their tracks.
(c) They can sense their heat.
(d) They did not get the whole tracking beacon out.

2. What does Will learn about the female winner of the tournament?
(a) They always marry the tournament winner.
(b) They are given a higher level cap that makes them more obedient.
(c) They are sent away to a school.
(d) They are always taken away by the tripods.

3. Which of the boys are grabbed by the Tripod?
(a) None of them.
(b) Will.
(c) Henry.
(d) Beanpole.

4. Why does Beanpole tell the other boys to run in the water?
(a) To hide their tracks.
(b) To keep quiet.
(c) To cover their scent.
(d) To keep them cool.

5. What is strange about the river in Chapter 8?
(a) It is straight.
(b) It is green.
(c) It is fast.
(d) It is still.

6. How long does it take for Will to catch up with Henry and Beanpole?
(a) A day.
(b) A few hours.
(c) A week.
(d) Ten days.

7. Who finds a good hiding spot?
(a) Will.
(b) Henry.
(c) Beanpole.
(d) They all spot it together.

8. What do the boys do when they know other tripods are coming?
(a) They run as fast as they can.
(b) They dig a hole and climb in.
(c) They climb into the tripod.
(d) They prepare to fight more tripods.

9. What does Will say to Henry and Beanpole about Eloise joining the tripods?
(a) That it helped him decide to escape.
(b) How surprised he was.
(c) Nothing.
(d) How disgusted it was.

10. What does Will do that makes the daughter in the castle very angry with him?
(a) He insults the French language.
(b) He pulls her turban away.
(c) He says something negative about the tripods.
(d) He mocks her cap.

11. What causes Will to accept the invitation to stay at the castle permanently?
(a) A fight with Henry.
(b) His love for Eloise.
(c) His fear of the White Mountains.
(d) His desire for nobility.

12. Who is selected as the winner among the women?
(a) The Comtesse.
(b) Eloise.
(c) The Duchess.
(d) Elaina.

13. Which direction does the river in Chapter 8 veer off to?
(a) South.
(b) West.
(c) East.
(d) North.

14. How do the boys know the other tripods are coming?
(a) They can hear them.
(b) They can see them.
(c) They can feel vibrations in the earth.
(d) They can smell them.

15. What does Henry NOT do to Will when he rejoins them?
(a) Tease him.
(b) Shake his hand.
(c) Ask him questions.
(d) Welcome him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take for other tripods to join the fallen one?

2. What was Will told to do if they were captured by the French?

3. What does the river in Chapter 8 have in it at intervals?

4. What does the tripod do when the thing is removed from Will?

5. When were the objects in the river in Chapter 8 constructed?

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