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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. How do the boys know the other tripods are coming?
(a) They can hear them.
(b) They can smell them.
(c) They can see them.
(d) They can feel vibrations in the earth.

2. Why does Will tell the other boys that he will remain at the celebration?
(a) To give them a head start.
(b) To allay suspicion.
(c) To stay there permanently.
(d) To get some extra supplies.

3. What do Beanpole and Henry do during the celebration at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) Steal a map.
(b) Locate Will.
(c) Make a plan to escape.
(d) Stock up on supplies.

4. Where do the boys eventually end up?
(a) Up a tree.
(b) On a hill.
(c) In a valley.
(d) In a cave.

5. What do the men at the White Mountains call themselves?
(a) Men of the world.
(b) Free men.
(c) Thinking men.
(d) Working men.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Will look to Henry when he joins up with them?

2. What does Will say to Henry and Beanpole about Eloise joining the tripods?

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

4. What is used to remove the thing from Will?

5. What do the boys sneak away from in chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens after the boys destroy the tripod?

5. Where do the boys finally hide from the tripods?

6. What happens between the boys and the Tripod in Chapter 8?

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

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

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

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

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