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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the narrator's brother able to help the two women subdue their attackers?
(a) He bribes them to leave the women alone.
(b) He is an expert boxer.
(c) He shoots them.
(d) He helps them ride away.

2. Where does the narrator hide after he hits the curate?
(a) In the basement.
(b) Behind some shelves.
(c) In a closet.
(d) In the attic.

3. Where do the government officials go when the Martians attack London?
(a) Lancaster.
(b) Gloucester.
(c) Birmingham.
(d) Nottingham.

4. What do the Martians eat?
(a) Small animals.
(b) Rocks and other minerals.
(c) Blood.
(d) Insects.

5. Why does the narrator hit the curate over the head?
(a) The curate is yelling at the Martians.
(b) The curate is annoying.
(c) The curate drinks the last of their supply.
(d) The curate threatens him.

6. What does the narrator's brother think happens to the narrator after news reports of the Martians reach town?
(a) He thinks that the narrator escaped.
(b) He thinks that the narrator is coming for him.
(c) He thinks that the narrator must be hiding.
(d) He thinks that the narrator is dead.

7. How does the narrator say many people were acting towards each other during the Martian invasion?
(a) Generously.
(b) Violently.
(c) Indifferently.
(d) Unkindly.

8. What does the narrator plan to do with the animal he hears outside of the house?
(a) Save it as a present for his wife.
(b) Bait the Martians with it.
(c) Trap and eat it.
(d) Keep it for company.

9. Where do the narrator and curate sleep in the ruined house?
(a) In the attic.
(b) In a scullery.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) In the basement.

10. How long does the narrator stay in the house after he is found wandering the streets?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) One week.
(c) Four days.
(d) One day.

11. What does the Martian cry sound like?
(a) "Yip, yip."
(b) "Baru, baru."
(c) "Ulla, ulla."
(d) "Ack, ack."

12. Who is in front of the narrator's house when he returns to it?
(a) The soldier.
(b) His brother.
(c) Ogilvy.
(d) His wife.

13. What is the name of the song that the narrator invents?
(a) The One Survivor.
(b) The Last Man Alive.
(c) The Invincible Man.
(d) The Last One Standing.

14. Where are the Martian's ears located?
(a) Next to their mouths.
(b) On their hands.
(c) On their foreheads.
(d) On the back of their heads.

15. What happens to the house near Kew when the narrator and curate take refuge there?
(a) A cylinder falls next to it and destroys part of it.
(b) It is so old that boards start to fall off of the walls.
(c) The curate knocks out some of the windows.
(d) A Martian tripod destroys part of it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator begin to believe right after he leaves the ruined house?

2. The soldier believes that the Martians have built a machine that can do what?

3. What does the soldier want to do in order to ensure his survival?

4. What does the narrator find out about his house when he returns to it?

5. How does the narrator feel when he first leaves the ruined house?

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