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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many nights in a row are the gas jets spotted before they stop?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Six.
(c) Ten.
(d) Four.

2. In what year did the Martian invasion begin?
(a) 1890.
(b) 1894.
(c) 1895.
(d) 1893.

3. How large in diameter is the first cylinder?
(a) Twenty yards.
(b) Thirty yards.
(c) Ten yards.
(d) Five yards.

4. How is the soldier separated from his unit?
(a) He was discharged.
(b) He ran away.
(c) His horse fell.
(d) They abadoned him.

5. Why is the narrator eager to get back to Woking after taking his wife to the inn?
(a) He is afraid something will happen to his house.
(b) He wants to try to signal the Martians.
(c) He wants to gather his possessions.
(d) He wants to see the Martians die.

6. How far is Mars from Earth?
(a) 20 million miles.
(b) 15 million miles.
(c) 35 million miles.
(d) 45 million miles.

7. What is the name of the Astronomer Royal?
(a) Stent.
(b) Smith.
(c) Silas.
(d) Stevens.

8. About how many soldiers does the military send in response to the first cylinder crash?
(a) One hundred
(b) One thousand.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Four hundred.

9. Where does the soldier hide until meeting the narrator?
(a) In a house.
(b) In the sewer.
(c) Under a pile of leaves.
(d) Under dead bodies.

10. What are the men trying to do to the cylinder the day after it crashes?
(a) Study it.
(b) Dig it out.
(c) Destroy it.
(d) Open it.

11. What is a curate?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A judge.
(c) A clergyman.
(d) A lawyer.

12. What can survive the heat ray?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Plants.
(c) People.
(d) Animals.

13. Why do the narrator and soldier decide to take a long route when leaving Woking?
(a) The long route will be safer.
(b) The direct road is crowded with people.
(c) There may be food on the long route.
(d) The direct road has been blocked.

14. What does the narrator refer to as The Thing when he comes back to town after taking his wife away?
(a) A new Martian weapon.
(b) A dead Martian.
(c) The heat ray.
(d) A Martian tripod.

15. What do people hear coming from the pit a few nights after the cylinder crashes?
(a) Drilling.
(b) Hammering.
(c) Beeping.
(d) Crying.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to a few people when the crowd is escaping from the heat ray?

2. Where do the Martian disks first emerge according to the soldier?

3. Who is Ogilvy?

4. Who does the narrator say he finds reassuring the morning before he is forced to flee?

5. What are the locals doing when the soldier and the narrator go to check in with the soldiers?

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