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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the tripods that the boys see after they escape from the search party doing with their tentacles?
(a) Merging them together.
(b) Fighting with them.
(c) Intertwining them with each other.
(d) Cleaning them.

2. What does Will think about as the tournament goes on?
(a) Eloise.
(b) The escape of the boys.
(c) His new and lavish home.
(d) His impending capping.

3. What happens when Will knows he is discovered?
(a) He faints.
(b) He cries.
(c) He laughs.
(d) He vomits.

4. What do the boys do with the horse Will stole?
(a) Kill it.
(b) Take turns riding it.
(c) Sell it.
(d) Send it home.

5. Where is the female winner of the tournament sent?
(a) The city of the tripods.
(b) A school of their choosing.
(c) A medical institution.
(d) The place of her husband's choosing.

6. What does Will confess to the woman who was in the room where he woke up?
(a) He is afraid of being capped.
(b) He ran away.
(c) He hates his cousin.
(d) He wants to destroy the tripods.

7. What makes Will feel distanced from Beanpole and Henry?
(a) Emily does not like them.
(b) The two of them are getting closer.
(c) Will is falling in love with Eloise.
(d) Will feels safe and happy in the castle.

8. What is used to remove the thing from Will?
(a) A fork.
(b) A scalpal.
(c) An axe.
(d) A knife.

9. What is Will's real reason for remaining at the celebration?
(a) To stay there permanently.
(b) To allay suspicion.
(c) To get some extra supplies.
(d) To give them a head start.

10. What was Will told to do if they were captured by the French?
(a) Act sick and unconscious.
(b) Pretend to be mute.
(c) Speak very little French.
(d) Run away as soon as they were alone.

11. What do the men in the White Mountains want to do?
(a) Destroy the tripods.
(b) Make scientific discoveries.
(c) Leave the Earth.
(d) Reverse the effects of the caps.

12. Where does Will find himself after he was seen leaving?
(a) On the grass.
(b) In a guard tower.
(c) In a prison.
(d) In the tripod.

13. When does Eloise finally come and spend time with Will?
(a) Just after her capping.
(b) The night after the first day.
(c) The last day of the tournament.
(d) Meal times.

14. Why does Will tell the other boys that he will remain at the celebration?
(a) To stay there permanently.
(b) To allay suspicion.
(c) To get some extra supplies.
(d) To give them a head start.

15. What do the boys realize at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) The White Mountains may not exist.
(b) They are being followed.
(c) Will is getting sick again.
(d) They do not have enough supplies.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Beanpole compare the strange river in Chapter 8 to?

3. How long does it take for Will to catch up with Henry and Beanpole?

4. What does Henry NOT do to Will when he rejoins them?

5. How do the French people feel about Will's escape from England?

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