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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long is the family told they can stay in the country?
(a) Six months
(b) They must leave immediately
(c) Indefinitely
(d) Seven days

2. What is the fate of the guesthouse after the family leaves it?
(a) It's taken over by the Capped
(b) It's taken over by the Tripods
(c) It's burned
(d) It becomes a jail

3. What animals are there at the guesthouse?
(a) Chickens, ducks and geese
(b) Cows and horses
(c) Sheep and goats
(d) Chickens and two cows

4. How many crew members are there on the plane?
(a) Only a captain
(b) Only a captain and co-captain
(c) Four
(d) A captain and a stewardess

5. What does Pa say he has a right to do because Laurie and Andy disobeyed him?
(a) Take them home
(b) Cap them
(c) Talk to them
(d) Beat them

6. How are the soldiers armed when the family arrives in Switzerland?
(a) With automatic weapons
(b) With a variety of weapons
(c) With small caliber pistols
(d) They aren't armed

7. How does Laurie greet Ilse when he first sees her?
(a) Yells at her
(b) Shakes her hand
(c) Gives her his gift
(d) Hugs her

8. Who is in the party that sets off the avalanche?
(a) Yone, Pa and Laurie
(b) Andy, Laurie and Yone
(c) Karl, Hanna and Rudi
(d) Pa, Andy and Laurie

9. What do the boys call Andy and Laurie when they are at a gift shop at a train station?
(a) Trippies
(b) Non-Capped
(c) Dirty English
(d) Chicken

10. How does Karl come to join the group?
(a) He was young and unCapped when they found him
(b) Pa removed his Cap and he followed when they left him
(c) He is running away when he find the group
(d) He was a hermit living in the mountains

11. Who proposes that they set off an avalanche to destroy the Tripod?
(a) Yone
(b) Laurie
(c) Pa
(d) Andy

12. Where does Pa say they'll get gas for the boat?
(a) That he brought gas with him
(b) That they'll have to wait until they reach Guernsey
(c) He says they don't need any because the tanks are full
(d) That they can fill up at the marina

13. What does the pilot say might be a problem with landing in Geneva?
(a) Fuel
(b) He doesn't know the way
(c) The military will shoot them down
(d) Permission to land

14. What does Laurie say he sees as the most important task for the group?
(a) Destroying Tripods
(b) Laying the foundations of freedom for future generations
(c) Finding ways to destroy Caps
(d) Keeping food stocked in the tunnels

15. Who does Pa say is in charge when they arrive in Guernsey?
(a) The Royal Family
(b) The police
(c) The Capped
(d) The uncapped

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Laurie learn his father is planning to do?

2. Why isn't Andy immediately Capped by the villagers?

3. How does Pa try to pay for the plane tickets?

4. How many people have beat the family to their new location?

5. What is Pa's reaction when they see the first Tripod in Switzerland?

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