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

2. What do the boys do when they know other tripods are coming?

3. What is made easier by the objects placed at intervals in the river in Chapter 8?

4. How long does it take for Will to catch up with Henry and Beanpole?

5. What do the men in the White Mountains want to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the Queen of the Tournament, and how does she feel about this?

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

3. What is Beanpole's plan if anyone iscaptured in France?

4. What happens after the boys destroy the tripod?

5. How do Will and Henry react to Beanpole's ideas about what they find in Chapter 8?

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

7. 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?

8. Why does Will abandon the plan Beanpole had made if they got captured in France?

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

10. How is the tripod destroyed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Despair is a theme that appears in a number of sensitive places in the plot. What are some of these places, and what role does despair play in this play?

Essay Topic 2

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affect the course of the plot. Why might John Christopher have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

Essay Topic 3

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

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