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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 is Ozymandias searching for?
(a) His family.
(b) Adults who are faking their capping.
(c) People who do not want to be capped.
(d) Vagrants.

2. Where did Ozymandias get his cap?
(a) From some ruins.
(b) From a dead man.
(c) He made it himself.
(d) From the tripod.

3. What is the name of Will's best friend?
(a) John.
(b) Jack.
(c) Jean.
(d) Jim.

4. Why do the boys choose to walk through the ruined city?
(a) They know no tripods will be there.
(b) The path on the map goes through it.
(c) It is too large to circumvent.
(d) They are curious.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the ship Will needs to find in the port city?

2. How does Will injure himself at the beginning of his journey?

3. Who dies in Chapter 3?

4. What kind of power does Beanpole think used to run the vehicles that used the train tracks?

5. What does Will do that makes Henry leave him alone?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Captain Curtis say to Will and Henry when he drops them off in France?

2. What does Will's father have that is so precious to him and why?

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

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

5. How does Will find Captain Curtis?

6. What did Jack once see in a ruined city?

7. What happens to Will after they leave the ruined city?

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

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

10. What happens when Will hears noises in the night while escaping?

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