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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 did Will's best friend see in a ruined city?

2. How does Will feel about his parents?

3. What does Will stop at a store in the port city to do?

4. Who follows will when he sneaks out of his house?

5. Where do the tripods not go?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Henry comes to live with Will?

2. What has Beanpole observed about people who get capped?

3. What happens when Will and Henry land in France?

4. What does Will wait for before beginning his escape?

5. How does Will find Captain Curtis?

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

7. What does Ozymandias do to help Will in his plan to escape being capped?

8. What does Will think after meeting with Jack a few times after his capping?

9. How does Will describe the tripods?

10. What does Ozymandias tell Will about the tripods?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Which character do you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How does this character change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 3

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect that characters involved in those scenes?

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