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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 does Will do that makes the daughter in the castle very angry with him?

2. What does Will want to do when the thing is discovered on him?

3. What do the men at the White Mountains call themselves?

4. What do the boys realize at the end of Chapter 8?

5. What do Beanpole and Henry do during the celebration at the end of Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Will try to escape the city after the tournament?

2. Where did the object on Will come from, and what does it do?

3. What do the boys come across as they travel in Chapter 8?

4. What happens when Will and Eloise go rowing?

5. How is the object removed from Will?

6. What does Will do to make Eloise very upset with him?

7. Who are the people who offer to nurse Will back to health after he falls ill?

8. What happens between the boys and the Tripod in Chapter 8?

9. Where do the boys finally hide from the tripods?

10. How is the tripod destroyed?

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

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 3

The characters in this book all had their own goals and motivations. Select four characters and write their main motivation throughout the book and how this goal affected the characters around them.

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