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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pa say is Martha's policy with regard to police?
(a) Stay within the law and you don't have to worry
(b) Stay in the fast lane and never look back
(c) Turn on a signal and wait for them to catch you
(d) Turn a blind eye and put your foot down

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

3. Who is waiting for the group as they disembark from the train?
(a) The police
(b) Ilse's mother and a servant
(c) No one
(d) Ilse

4. How many Tripods come to check out the wreck of the destroyed Tripod?
(a) None
(b) Four
(c) Dozens
(d) Two

5. What does Rudi's mother say will soon happen to the study of science?
(a) It will be taught by the Tripods
(b) It will focus only on ways to rejuvenate the planet
(c) It will focus only on space exploration
(d) It will be abandoned

6. How far is it to the nearest house?
(a) Ten miles
(b) Three miles
(c) A mile
(d) Twenty miles

7. Where does Laurie and his family spend the night?
(a) In a hotel
(b) At Ilse's parent's house
(c) In the airport
(d) In jail

8. What is the weather like when they reach the dock?
(a) It's sleeting
(b) It's hailing
(c) It's warm and windy
(d) It's sunny

9. Who does the cooking for the group after Ilse's mother dies?
(a) They take turns
(b) Pa
(c) Ilse
(d) Martha

10. How is it suggested that the might set off an avalanche?
(a) By rolling a boulder from a cliff
(b) By luring the Tripod closer
(c) By shouting
(d) By firing the shotgun

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

12. What is it that makes Laurie realize they are not in temporary exile?
(a) When he overhears Ilse crying
(b) When he has a birthday
(c) When Martha says she'll never be able to return to her business
(d) When Pa says they have to conserve food

13. Where do the men say they'll take the three boys to be Capped?
(a) The city hall
(b) The jail
(c) The church
(d) The police station

14. What does Laurie learn his father is planning to do?
(a) Join the army in order to fight
(b) Move the family to an old rail tunnel
(c) Return home
(d) Allow them all to be Capped

15. What does Angela buy Ilse for her birthday gift?
(a) A card
(b) Chocolate
(c) A necklace
(d) A doll

Short Answer Questions

1. Who built the first of the buildings owned by Ilse's family?

2. What does Laurie buy Ilse for her birthday gift?

3. What does Martha cook during the trip?

4. What is near the umbrella stand at the doorway of Rudi's house?

5. What does Laurie say he sees as the most important task for the group?

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