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

2. What is the date that Will reads on one of the headstones in a grave?
(a) 2066.
(b) 2166.
(c) 2266.
(d) 1966.

3. What does Will make a stockpile of as he prepares to leave on his quest?
(a) Clothing.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Food.
(d) Money.

4. Where in the house does the visitor in Chapter 3 stay?
(a) The barn.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) Will's room.
(d) The front room.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Will arrange to speak with Ozymandias?

2. What does the captain tell Will and Henry NOT to do when they reach the end of their sea journey?

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

4. What does Will's father reprimand him for after Jack's capping?

5. What does Beanpole call the vehicles that use the old train tracks?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Henry comes to live with Will?

2. What does Will do that finally gets Henry to leave him alone, and what prompts him to do this?

3. What does Will think after meeting with Jack a few times after his capping?

4. Describe the Schmad-Fair, and how it helps Will?

5. How does Will find Captain Curtis?

6. What are vagrants?

7. What happens when Will and Henry land in France?

8. What do the boys find in an underground tunnel in the ruined city?

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

10. What happens while Will and Henry are sailing across the English Channel?

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