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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 do the boys do with the horse Will stole?

2. How does Will sneak away from the town the morning of the last day of the tournament?

3. What do Henry and Beanpole think about the tripod experience Will had?

4. What does Will confess to the woman who was in the room where he woke up?

5. Why does Eloise not sit with Will during the tournament?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the object removed from Will?

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

3. What do the boys think the two tripods are doing at the end of the book?

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

5. How are the tripods able to track the boys after they have killed the one tripod, and what do the boys do to avoid this?

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

7. How is the Queen of the Tournament selected?

8. How does Will describe his life at the end of the book?

9. What happens when the object is removed from Will?

10. Why is Will alone for most of the tournament, and what does he think about during this time?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Freedom is the major overriding theme of this novel. What were some of the key places where this theme appeared, and how did these events affect the main characters of the book?

Essay Topic 3

Will is very upset about what happened with Eloise. What happens to Eloise, and why was this so upsetting to Will? How does this event change him as a person?

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