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

2. How does Will injure himself at the beginning of his journey?
(a) He dislocates his shoulder.
(b) He cuts his hand.
(c) He breaks his wrist.
(d) He sprains his ankle.

3. How are Will and Henry able to get through the port city unnoticed?
(a) They swim in the water.
(b) It is highly populated.
(c) They are dressed as sailors.
(d) They travel at night.

4. What subject is Beanpole interesting in learning about?
(a) History.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Science.
(d) Technology.

5. Where does Will arrange to speak with Ozymandias?
(a) At the vagrant house.
(b) Behind the school.
(c) In the den.
(d) In his barn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Beanpole say caps make humans into?

2. What is different about Ozymandias from all the other vagrants?

3. What special object does Will's father own?

4. What does Will make a stockpile of as he prepares to leave on his quest?

5. What does Will do when he sees Henry at the beginning of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Will describe the tripods?

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

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

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

5. How does Will find Captain Curtis?

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

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

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

9. What are vagrants?

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

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