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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country are Will and Henry taken to after finding the captain?

2. What does Will find a cabinet full of in the ruined city?

3. Why do the boys choose to walk through the ruined city?

4. Which of the following is NOT a symptom of the vagrants?

5. How long does it take for Will to heal enough to travel again?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Will goes into a store at the port city?

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

3. What does Will notice about Ozymandias that is different from other vagrants?

4. How does Will find Captain Curtis?

5. How does Will describe the tripods?

6. What is Ozymandias?

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

8. How does Beanpole feel about his relatives and home city?

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

10. What does Will do when he finds a store full of watches?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The future and the past are ingeniously combined and intertwined in this book. Where in the plot does this unique literary tool come into play, and how does its use affect the plot?

Essay Topic 2

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 3

What role does symbolism play in the stories and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

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