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

2. How does Will injure himself at the beginning of his journey?

3. What is the name of the ship Will needs to find in the port city?

4. Where did Ozymandias get his cap?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Ozymandias tell Will about the tripods?

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

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

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

7. How does Will describe the tripods?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Rest and recuperation is something Will needed many times in this book. When does he need it, and what are some of the effects this rest has on the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Education and the importance of training is a constant theme in this book. Where does this theme appear, and which characters are most affected by it?

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