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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Will feel after the celebration at the beginning of the book?
(a) Content.
(b) Scared.
(c) Confused.
(d) Sad.

2. How tall are the tripods?
(a) 80 feet.
(b) 70 feet.
(c) 90 feet.
(d) 60 feet.

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

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

5. What runs the vehicles that use the old train tracks?
(a) Steam.
(b) Horses.
(c) Electricity.
(d) Gasoline.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Will find a cabinet full of in the ruined city?

2. What does Will stop at a store in the port city to do?

3. What body of water does Will have to cross to complete his quest?

4. How long do vagrants usually stay in one place?

5. What is the tunnel that the boys explore in the ruined city?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Will tell Henry as they are leaving the hut, and what is Henry's response?

2. How does Will describe the tripods?

3. What happens when Henry catches Will trying to run away?

4. How does Will find Captain Curtis?

5. What are vagrants?

6. What does Ozymandias do to help Will in his plan to escape being capped?

7. What is Ozymandias?

8. What does Will wait for before beginning his escape?

9. How does Beanpole feel about his relatives and home city?

10. What is Ozymandias's explanation about the vagrants?

(see the answer keys)

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