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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the female winner of the tournament sent?
(a) The city of the tripods.
(b) A school of their choosing.
(c) The place of her husband's choosing.
(d) A medical institution.

2. What does Will do that makes the daughter in the castle very angry with him?
(a) He mocks her cap.
(b) He pulls her turban away.
(c) He says something negative about the tripods.
(d) He insults the French language.

3. Why does Beanpole tell the other boys to run in the water?
(a) To keep them cool.
(b) To keep quiet.
(c) To cover their scent.
(d) To hide their tracks.

4. What causes Will to accept the invitation to stay at the castle permanently?
(a) His love for Eloise.
(b) A fight with Henry.
(c) His desire for nobility.
(d) His fear of the White Mountains.

5. What happens as Will rides out of the town?
(a) The Comte asks him to join him.
(b) The priests curse him.
(c) The tripod picks him up.
(d) He is captured by the guards.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long do the boys stay in their hiding spot?

2. What does Beanpole compare the strange river in Chapter 8 to?

3. Who stands sentinel at the Castle during the night?

4. Which of the boys are grabbed by the Tripod?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after the boys destroy the tripod?

2. How does Will feel after he gets by the tripod, and where does he go?

3. What do the boys do when the tripod is finally out of sight?

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

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

6. How does Will try to escape the city after the tournament?

7. What do Henry and Beanpole find on Will in Chapter 9?

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

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

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

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