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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What company planned to sponsor a television adaptation of the Tripods?
(a) American Broadcasting Corporation
(b) Public Broadcasting Corporation
(c) British Broadcasting Corporation
(d) Japanese Broadcasting Corporation

2. What does Pa do with Uncle Ian's briefcase?
(a) Mails it to Uncle Ian
(b) Puts it in the shed
(c) Nothing
(d) Throws it in the dumpster

3. What is the noise Laurie and Andy hear early the next morning?
(a) A radio
(b) Explosions
(c) A thumping
(d) Silence

4. Why is Ilse going to Switzerland?
(a) To buy antiques
(b) She's afraid of the Tripods
(c) Her mother is ill
(d) Her father is ill

5. Who is Martha?
(a) Laurie's grandmother
(b) Laurie's stepmother
(c) Laurie's sister
(d) Laurie's mother

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Angela?

2. What does Ilse's parents do?

3. What does the author say is a fundamental weakness of science fiction books?

4. What are Pa and Martha drinking while listening to the television broadcasts?

5. What is the sound coming from the tank?

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