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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 does Will and his new friend do at the lake?
(a) Sit on the shore.
(b) Catch fish.
(c) Go rowing.
(d) Go swimming.

2. How many miles do the boys travel in Chapter 8?
(a) 75.
(b) 125.
(c) 100.
(d) 50.

3. What does the tripod do when it shows up at the tournament?
(a) Interrupts the activity.
(b) Begins the capping of the alloted people.
(c) Stands motionless and mute.
(d) Joins the festivities.

4. What weapons do the boys use against the Tripod?
(a) Grenades.
(b) Axes.
(c) Machine guns.
(d) Ropes.

5. What was Will told to do if they were captured by the French?
(a) Speak very little French.
(b) Act sick and unconscious.
(c) Pretend to be mute.
(d) Run away as soon as they were alone.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Will sneak away from the town the morning of the last day of the tournament?

2. What do Beanpole and Henry do during the celebration at the end of Chapter 6?

3. Where do the boys eventually end up?

4. Why does Eloise not sit with Will during the tournament?

5. What does Beanpole think will should do when the thing is discovered on him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Will try to escape the city after the tournament?

2. How do Will and Henry react to Beanpole's ideas about what they find in Chapter 8?

3. What do the boys see after they successfully hide from the search party?

4. What is Beanpole's plan if anyone iscaptured in France?

5. How is the object removed from Will?

6. What do the boys see at the very end of Chapter 8, and how do they feel?

7. How does Will feel after he gets by the tripod, and where does he go?

8. How is the tripod destroyed?

9. Who are the people who offer to nurse Will back to health after he falls ill?

10. What does Will say when he meets up with Beanpole and Henry?

(see the answer keys)

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