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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 cold region.
(c) The mountains.
(d) The ocean.

2. Who comes to live with Will in Chapter 3?
(a) Eloise.
(b) Ozymandias.
(c) Jack.
(d) Henry.

3. What strange object is the boy wearing who comes to talk to Will in the prison?
(a) Body armor.
(b) Leg braces.
(c) Spectacles.
(d) Hearing aid.

4. How long does Will travel when he hears noises behind him?
(a) Four days.
(b) Two days.
(c) One day.
(d) Three days.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Will think about in his hide-out after Jack has been capped?

2. Who has Beanpole been raised by?

3. Why do the boys choose to walk through the ruined city?

4. What does Will think about the actions of the tripods at sea?

5. How does Will feel about his parents?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the guest of honor at the celebration in the first chapter, and why?

2. How does Will describe Jean Paul?

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

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

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

6. How does Will describe the tripods?

7. What does Will do when he finds a store full of watches?

8. What does Will notice about Ozymandias that is different from other vagrants?

9. What does Ozymandias tell Will about the tripods?

10. How does Will find Captain Curtis?

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