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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 is the tunnel that the boys explore in the ruined city?

2. Where does Ozymandias think the tripods came from?

3. When were the old railroad tracks constructed?

4. What is the name of the village Will lives in?

5. What does a strange man do as Will is leaving the store in the port city?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Henry catches Will trying to run away?

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

3. What are vagrants?

4. What is Ozymandias's explanation about the vagrants?

5. What is Ozymandias?

6. How does Will find Captain Curtis?

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

8. What are the Black Ages?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the different stages of Will's relationship with Eloise, and how do these stages affect Will and the progression of the plot?

Essay Topic 2

Comic relief is a literary tool Christopher uses well in this book. What are some of the prime examples of this, and how do these scenes affect the plot of the book?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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