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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 name of the busy port town that Will and Henry reach?

2. What does Will think about the actions of the tripods at sea?

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

4. What does the person who followed Will out of his house want to do?

5. What does the captain tell Will and Henry NOT to do when they reach the end of their sea journey?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Will describe Jean Paul?

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

4. What did Jack once see in a ruined city?

5. How does Will describe the tripods?

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

7. What do the boys find in an underground tunnel in the ruined city?

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

9. What happens while Will and Henry are sailing across the English Channel?

10. Who is the guest of honor at the celebration in the first chapter, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sacrifice is a theme that is very prevalent in this book. Who are the characters most affected by sacrifice, and how do they allow sacrifice to change their lives?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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