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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 do the tripods use to search the forests?
(a) Their tentacles.
(b) Fire.
(c) Tracking beacons.
(d) Search dogs.

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

3. Why does Beanpole tell the other boys to run in the water?
(a) To hide their tracks.
(b) To cover their scent.
(c) To keep quiet.
(d) To keep them cool.

4. Who finds a good hiding spot?
(a) Beanpole.
(b) They all spot it together.
(c) Will.
(d) Henry.

5. Where does Will find himself after he was seen leaving?
(a) In a prison.
(b) In a guard tower.
(c) In the tripod.
(d) On the grass.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Beanpole find on Will in Chapter 9?

2. What is made easier by the objects placed at intervals in the river in Chapter 8?

3. What does Henry NOT do to Will when he rejoins them?

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

5. What does the tripod do when it shows up at the tournament?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the tripods able to track the boys after they have killed the one tripod, and what do the boys do to avoid this?

2. What do the boys do when the tripod is finally out of sight?

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

4. What do the boys come across as they travel in Chapter 8?

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

6. What happens after the Queen of the Tournament is selected, and what does this make Will realize?

7. Why does Will abandon the plan Beanpole had made if they got captured in France?

8. Where did the object on Will come from, and what does it do?

9. What do Henry and Beanpole find on Will in Chapter 9?

10. How is the object removed from Will?

(see the answer keys)

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