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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. Who is selected as the winner among the women?
(a) Elaina.
(b) Eloise.
(c) The Comtesse.
(d) The Duchess.

2. How does Will look to Henry when he joins up with them?
(a) Confused.
(b) Frustrated.
(c) Sad.
(d) Excited.

3. What is the title of the woman who is in Will's room when he wakes up?
(a) Duchess.
(b) Comtesse.
(c) Baroness.
(d) Princess.

4. What does the tripod do when the thing is removed from Will?
(a) Shoots at them.
(b) Races towards them.
(c) Lets out an alarm.
(d) Grabs Henry.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the woman in the room know where Will was from when he wakes up?

2. What is the thing found on Will in Chapter 9 causing?

3. What do the men at the White Mountains call themselves?

4. Who destroys the tripod?

5. What happens as Will rides out of the town?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens after the boys destroy the tripod?

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

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

5. What happens to the relationship between the boys while Will is regaining strength after falling ill?

6. What do the boys think the two tripods are doing at the end of the book?

7. 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?

8. Why is Will alone for most of the tournament, and what does he think about during this time?

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

10. What happens when Will and Eloise go rowing?

(see the answer keys)

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